Table 2 Prevalence of S. japonicum in humans by the MHT and qPCR assay
From: Real-time PCR diagnosis of Schistosoma japonicum in low transmission areas of China
| Â | Â | Â | MHT | qPCR | Â | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Province | Village | N | No. Positive | Prevalence (%) | 95% CI | No. Positive | Prevalence (%) | 95% CI | P-value (McNemar) |
Anhui | Zhongxing | 89 | 0 | 0.00 | . | 9 | 10.11 | 3.73, 16.50 | 0.003 |
Muxiahe | 69 | 0 | 0.00 | . | 4 | 5.80 | 1.42, 11.45 | 0.046 | |
Jiangxi | Xiguang | 107 | 1 | 0.93 | −0.92, 2.79 | 11 | 10.28 | 4.43, 16.13 | 0.002 |
Biaoen | 100 | 0 | 0.00 | . | 13 | 13.00 | 6.29, 19.71 | <  0.001 | |
Hunan | Yuewu | 63 | 3 | 4.76 | −0.64, 10.17 | 17 | 26.98 | 15.72, 38.25 | <  0.001 |
Hubei | Xiti | 123 | . | . | . | 8 | 6.50 | 2.08, 10.92 | 0.0043 |
Yanchuan | 82 | . | . | . | 8 | 9.76 | 3.20, 16.32 | 0.004 | |
|  | Total | 633 | 4 | 0.93 | 0.02, 1.85 | 70 | 11.06 | 9.46, 15.78 | < 0.0001 |