Table 2. Cumulative percentages and median (IQR) of positive results for each diagnostic test, based on measurement of single urine samples, at three different examination time points of 114 selected Schistosomiasis haematobium-positive schoolchildren.

	Pre-treatment	Post-treatment	Post-treatment
		(2 months)	(18 months)
Microscopy
% positive	83.3%	22.8%	63.2%
Median eggs/10 ml	145.0 (30.0, 578.0)	2.0 (1.0, 7.5)	40.0 (6.5, 156.3)
Microhaematuria
% positive	86.0%	27.2%	45.6%
% with heavy intensity (score 4)	62.3%	0.9%	22.8%
cSEA-ELISA
% positive	79.8%	23.7%*	43.9%
Median ng/ml	551.0 (171.5, 2871.8)	136.0 (64.5, 313.5)	131.0 (51.5, 293.0)
Real-time PCR
% positive	100%	69.3%	78.9%
Median Ct-value	26.6 (23.3, 31.6)	35.9 (34.7, 36.6)	29.9 (24.8, 35.8)

* Note: missing data cSEA at two months post-treatment (N = 26).