Table 3.
Characteristics of S. japonicum antibody low responders
| Study ID | Gender | Age | Occupations | EPG | Kits that diagnosed negative* |
B-ultrasound examination** |
History of schistosomiasis treatment (times) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liver fibrosis | Hepatomegaly | Splenomegaly | |||||||
| 1702106 |
F |
14 |
Student |
2 |
1,2,3,4,5 |
+ |
- |
- |
1 |
| 1505502 |
F |
70 |
Housework |
2 |
1,2,3,4,5 |
+ |
- |
+ |
3 |
| 1305401 |
F |
47 |
Businessman |
2 |
2,3,4 |
+ |
- |
- |
2 |
| 1801206 |
F |
27 |
Businessman |
3 |
1,2,3,4,5 |
+ |
+ |
+ |
2 |
| 1301106 |
F |
44 |
Fisherman |
2 |
2 |
+ |
- |
+ |
8 |
| 1105001 |
M |
47 |
Businessman |
13 |
1,2,3,4,5 |
+ |
- |
- |
1 |
| 1506601 |
M |
79 |
Housework |
1 |
2,3,4,5 |
+ |
- |
+ |
20 |
| 4502805 | M | 6 | Student | 3 | 1,2,3,4,5 | + | - | - | 0 |
*The number of the kits that diagnosed the subject negative is listed. For examples, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 means that S. japonicum immuno-diagnostic kits of M1、M2、M3、M4、M5 all tested the subject as S. japonicum negative.
**B-ultrasound examination results are recorded as “+” for positive and “-” for negative.