Table 4. Diagnostic sensitivity of the Kato-Katz (KK) and McMaster (MM) techniques according to intensity of infection.
Intensity of infection | Parasite | |||||
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A. lumbricoides | Hookworm | T. trichiura | ||||
Method | MM | KK | MM | KK | MM | KK |
Light | 51.2 | 88.9 | 79.1 | 93.3 | 42.9 | 78.6 |
Moderate | 52.9 | 92.3 | 12.1 | 43.3 | - | - |
Heavy | 2.4 | 79.6 | - | 48.5 | - | - |