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Table 2 Spearman rank correlations between egg counts and copy numbers among samples which were positive according to both combined KK and PCR

From: Comparison of real-time PCR and the Kato-Katz method for the diagnosis of soil-transmitted helminthiasis and assessment of cure in a randomized controlled trial

 

R

p-value

n

Trichuris trichiura

 Baseline

0.55

 < 0.0001

297

 Follow-up

0.56

 < 0.0001

163

Hookworm

 Baseline

0.35

 < 0.001

107

 Follow-up

0.27

0.1

40

Ascaris lumbricoides

 Baseline

0.45

 < 0.0001

166

 Follow-up

0.39

0.38

7