Volume 14, Number 2—February 2008
Research
Diagnosis of Cystic Echinococcosis, Central Peruvian Highlands
Cesar M. Gavidia*
, Armando E. Gonzalez*, Wenbao Zhang†, Donald P. McManus†, Luis Lopera*, Berenice Ninaquispe*, Hector H. Garcia‡, Silvia Rodríguez§, Manuela Verastegui‡, Carmen Calderon*, William K.Y. Pan¶, and Robert H. Gilman¶
, Armando E. Gonzalez*, Wenbao Zhang†, Donald P. McManus†, Luis Lopera*, Berenice Ninaquispe*, Hector H. Garcia‡, Silvia Rodríguez§, Manuela Verastegui‡, Carmen Calderon*, William K.Y. Pan¶, and Robert H. Gilman¶Table 3
Echinococcosis-positive results, by sex, 4 diagnostic tests, central Peruvian Highlands*
| Test | Female |
Male |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. (%) positive | Total | No. (%) positive | Total | ||
| Ultrasonography† | 30 (5.2) | 572 | 15 (4.0) | 377 | |
| Radiography‡ | 7 (1.4) | 497 | 2 (0.6) | 332 | |
| IBCF§ | 54 (9.7) | 558 | 29 (7.8) | 371 | |
| rEpC1-GST¶ | 113 (20.3) | 558 | 70 (18.8) | 371 | |
*By χ2 analysis, none of the tests showed a significant association between sexes with positive diagnosis.
†Abdomen.
‡Chest.
§IBCF, antigen was bovine hydatid cyst fluid.
¶rEpC1-GST, antigen was recombinant EpC1 glutathione S-transferase.
