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. 2015 Jun 3;92(6):1227–1232. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.14-0643

Table 5.

School classification as high, moderate, or low risk for schistosomiasis at different distances from Lake Victoria using WHO cutoffs

Zone A* (N = 9) Zone B (N = 12) Zone C (N = 28) Agreement
High Moderate Low High Moderate Low High Moderate Low Score (under, same, over)
LCA 4 4 1 1 8 3 0 11 17 100 (0, 49, 0)
CCA-1 7 2 0 9 3 0 8 19 1 24.5 (0, 12, 37)
CCA-2 3 6 0 1 11 0 0 18 10 67.3 (3, 33, 13)
First Kato-Katz 1 6 2 1 8 3 0 8 20 73.5 (10, 36, 3)
Multi Kato-Katz 6 3 0 3 8 2 0 14 14 79.6 (1, 39, 9)
ELISA 2 7 0 0 9 3 0 27 1 55.1 (4, 27, 18)

CCA = circulating cathodic antigen; ELISA = enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay; LCA = latent class analysis; WHO = World Health Organization.

*

Zone A includes schools within 1,200 m of the lake, Zone B includes schools located between 1,200 and 3,800 m of the lake, and Zone C includes schools further than 3,800 m from the lake.

In comparison to LCA result.