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Table 3 Average detection rate of parasite eggs using direct smear method and Kato-Katz method

From: Urgent needs in fostering neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) laboratory capacity in WHO Western Pacific Region: results from the external quality assessment on NTDs diagnosis in 2012–2015

Direct smear

Kato-Katz

Species

Average detection rate

Species

Average detection rate

A. lumbricoides

94.07% (25.4/27)

A. lumbricoides

74.07% (20/27)

C. sinensis

74.07% (20/27)

C. sinensis

74.07% (20/27)

E. vermicularis

90.74% (24.5/27)

E. vermicularis

66.67% (18/27)

F.buski

59.26% (16/27)

F. buski

59.26% (16/27)

Hookworm

92.59% (25/27)

H. nana

50.00% (4/8)

P. westermani

66.67% (18/27)

P. westermani

40.74% (11/27)

S. japonicum

81.48% (22/27)

S. japonicum

59.26% (16/27)

S. mansoni

29.63% (8/27)

S. mansoni

13.64% (3/22)

Taenia spp.

81.48% (22/27)

Taenia spp.

85.19% (23/27)

T. trichiura

84.81% (22.9/27)

T. trichiura

84.21% (16/19)

  

Negative

90.91% (20/22)