Table 1. Sex distribution of Fasciola hepatica infection detected in the 865 6–14-year-old schoolchildren analyzed from the localities surveyed in Atlitxco municipality, Puebla State, Mexico, according to the different diagnostic techniques applied.

Localities	Schools	Number of subjects studied			Number of positive by FasciDIG test			Number of positive by Lumbreras technique			Number of positive by Kato-Katz technique			Eggs/g of faeces by Kato-Katz
		Boys	Girls	Total	Boys	Girls	Total	Boys	Girls	Total	Boys	Girls	Total	Range values
San Esteban Zoapiltepec	Ignacio Manuel Altamirano	72	33	105	1	3	4	0	2	2	0	2	2	240 epg
San Jerónimo Caleras	Juventino Rosas	38	22	60	5	3	8	1	3	4	1	3	4	120–288 epg
Huilotepec	José María Morelos	42	28	70	1	2	3	0	2	2	0	2	2	48–240 epg
Almazán	Valerio Trujano	32	17	49	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tenextepec	Melchor Ocampo	27	26	53	2	0	2	1	0	1	1	0	1	240 epg
Altavista	Ignacio Zaragoza	116	119	235	9	6	15	1	0	4	1	0	1	384 epg
San Juan Castillotla	Simón Bolivar	29	28	57	2	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Juan Uvera	Aquiles Serdán	66	36	102	1	2	3	1	0	1	1	0	1	48 epg
La Trinidad Tepango	Alvaro Obregón	31	20	51	3	3	6	2	1	3	2	1	3	48–120 epg
San Felipe Xonacayucan	Aquiles Serdán	28	55	83	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL		481	384	865	28	22	50	6	8	14	6	8	14	24–384 epg