Table 4.
Comparison of the results for POC-CCA test scores (in band intensity categories; negative, trace, + 1, + 2 and + 3) and Kato-Katz smears (in egg intensity categories; negative, light, moderate and heavy) for samples from three consecutive days (total numbers in bold).
| POC-CCA intensity categories |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kato-Katz intensity categories | negative | Trace | + 1 | + 2 | + 3 | Total |
| Negative | 84 | 103 | 25 | 17 | 3 | 232 |
| Light (1–99 EPG) | 15 | 26 | 39 | 26 | 30 | 136 |
| Moderate (100–399 EPG) | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 30 |
| Heavy (≥ 400 EPG) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| Total | 101 | 132 | 67 | 51 | 53 | 404 |