Research Article
Performance Evaluation of Three Diagnostic Methods for Soil-Transmitted Helminth Infections among Schoolchildren in Amhara Region, Northwest Ethiopia
Table 2
Detection rates of KK, MM, STST, and composite reference method to STHs among schoolchildren in the Amhara region, northwest Ethiopia, 2022 (N = 403).
| | Parasite identified | Diagnostic method | | Kato–Katz (n, %) | McMaster (n, %) | STST (n, %) | Composite reference (n, %) |
| | Hookworm | 101 (25.1) | 112 (27.8) | 106 (26.3) | 115 (28.5) | | A. lumbricoides | 13 (3.2) | 8 (2) | 15 (3.7) | 15 (3.7) | | T. trichuria | 1 (0.2) | 1 (0.2) | 2 (0.5) | 2 (0.5) | | Total STHs | 115 (28.5) | 121 (30) | 123 (30.5) | 132 (32.8) | | S. mansoni | 9 (2.2) | — | 11 (2.7) | 14 (3.5) | | E. histolytica/dispar | NA | NA | 16 (4) | 16 (4) | | E. vermicularis | 1 (0.2) | — | 3 (0.7) | 3 (0.7) | | H. nana | 1 (0.2) | 2 (0.5) | 3 (0.7) | 3 (0.7) | | Total parasite | 126 (31.3) | 123 (30.5) | 156 (38.7) | 168 (41.7) |
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