Table 1.

Distribution of the echinococcal samples according to the copro-ELISA and the gold standard test

		Infected with Echinococcus granulosus		Total
		Yes*	No†
Copro-ELISA	Positive	49	1	50
	Negative	2‡	55	57
	Total	51	56	107

Copro-ELISA = coproantigen sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay.

* Diagnosed by necropsy as the gold standard test.

† Diagnosed by copro-parasitological sedimentation test.

‡ One dog had only one E. granulosus and another one was sampled at 20 days postinfection.