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. 2018 May 29;3(2):54. doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed3020054

Table 3.

Diagnostic performance of the point-of-care circulating cathodic antigen and the Kato-Katz technique for the diagnosis of Schistosoma mansoni infection in an adult population co-infected or not with HIV-1 infection.

Sub-Population Diagnostic Test KK Technique Total
Positive Negative
General population POC-CCA Positive 434 158 592
Negative 29 358 387
Total 463 516 979
HIV-1-seronegative POC-CCA Positive 389 105 494
Negative 22 333 355
Total 411 438 849
HIV-1-seropositive POC-CCA Positive 45 53 98
Negative 7 25 32
Total 52 78 130

KK-Kato Katz technique, POC-CCA-Point-of-care circulating cathodic antigen test.