Table 2.

The proportion (percentage, n/total) of CE-positive samples sorted by the different types of hydatid cysts (fertile, non-fertile, transitional, or inactive) detected by three diagnostic tests.

Diagnostic Methods	Hydatid Cysts
	Fertile	Non Fertile	Transitional	Inactive
GP	100 (16/16)	100 (21/21)	100 (22/22)	95.6 (22/23)
H	100 (16/16)	95.2 (20/21)	95.2 (21/22)	82.6 (19/23)
MA	100 (16/16)	52.4 * (11/21)	42.8 * (10/22)	13 * (3/23)

GP, gross pathology; H, histopathology; MA, molecular analysis. * indicates statistically significant difference (p ≤ 0.0003) with the corresponding value obtained by GP.