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. 2015 Apr 22;8:241. doi: 10.1186/s13071-015-0857-7

Table 2.

Kato Katz analysis, two slides per stool on 3 stools collected on consecutive days

Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 1-3
Assay result a KK1-2 KK3-4 KK5-6 KK1-6 b
KK egg positive 17 (15%) 13 (12%) 12 (11%) 25 (22%)
KK egg negative 96 (85%) 100 (88%) 101 (89) 88 (78%)
Samples tested 113 113 113 113

aNumber of individuals with/without eggs; between brackets the percentage of samples with a specific test result considering testing the complete collection (positive egg result indicates prevalence of infection by KK).

bTotal number of individuals with eggs; identified an egg in at least one out of six slides.