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).