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. 2015 Mar 11;2015(3):CD009579. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD009579.pub2

El‐Morshedy 1996.

Study characteristics
Patient sampling Cross‐sectional design; random sampling
Patient characteristics and setting Species: S. mansoni
Country: Egypt
Sample size: 257
Age range: 20 to 25 years
Participants: Cohort consisted of 257 men, treated, infected cases in a military camp
Setting: military camp
Praziquantel status before study: no prior drugs
Index tests CAA ELISA Serum (in‐house assay)
Target condition and reference standard(s) S. mansoni infection measured by stool microscopy (Kato‐Katz)
Flow and timing  
Comparative  
Notes  
Methodological quality
Item Authors' judgement Risk of bias Applicability concerns
DOMAIN 1: Patient Selection
Was a consecutive or random sample of patients enrolled? Yes    
Was a case‐control design avoided? Yes    
Did the study avoid inappropriate exclusions? No    
    High Low
DOMAIN 2: Index Test CAA ELISA
Were the index test results interpreted without knowledge of the results of the reference standard? Unclear    
If a threshold was used, was it pre‐specified? Unclear    
Was quality control done? No    
    Unclear Low
DOMAIN 3: Reference Standard
Is the reference standards likely to correctly classify the target condition? Yes    
Were the reference standard results interpreted without knowledge of the results of the index tests? Unclear    
Was quality control done? Unclear    
    Unclear Low
DOMAIN 4: Flow and Timing
Was there an appropriate interval between index test and reference standard? Yes    
Did all patients receive the same reference standard? Yes    
Were all patients included in the analysis? Yes    
    Low