Table 3.

Percentages of PCR Taenia spp. positive results (multiplex PCR).

Method of Isolation	Percentage of Positive Results for Taenia spp.
	Multiplex PCR
	Total	1/1	1/10	only 1/1	only 1/10
Z	87.5	87.5	77.1	10.4	-
Q	91.7	89.6	64.6	27.1	2.1

1/1—results obtained in undiluted DNA variant; 1/10—results obtained in tenfold diluted DNA variant; only 1/1—positive results obtained only in undiluted variants (while diluted variants were negative); only 1/10—positive results obtained only in diluted variants (while undiluted variants were negative); Z—ZR Fecal DNA Mini Prep (Zymo Research, Freiburg, Germany); Q—QIAamp FAST DNA Stool Mini Kit (Qiagen, Hilden, Germany).