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Volume 24, Number 8—August 2018
Dispatch

Capillaria Ova and Diagnosis of Trichuris trichiura Infection in Humans by Kato-Katz Smear, Liberia

Kerstin Fischer, Abakar Gankpala, Lincoln Gankpala, Fatorma K. Bolay, Kurt C. Curtis, Gary J. Weil, and Peter U. FischerComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA (K. Fischer, K.C. Curtis, G.J. Weil, P.U. Fischer); National Public Health Institute of Liberia, Charlesville, Liberia (A. Gankpala, L. Gankpala, F.K. Bolay)

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Table 2

Demographics and Kato-Katz and qPCR results for patients positive for Trichuris trichiura infection by microscopy, Liberia*

Demographics
 Microscopy, epg
 qPCR, cycle threshold
Year Patient no. Age, y/sex Village Tt Al Hk Sm Tt Al Na Sm
2014 P320529 45/F Yallahun 576 0 360 24 Neg Neg 31.7 30.5
P320683 35/F Kpombu 12 0 0 0 Neg Neg Neg 28.4
P320695 16/M Kpombu 24 0 0 72 Neg Neg Neg 23.8
P320620 15/M Foya-Dundu 12 120 0 288 Neg Neg 32.2 23.5
P320746 9/F Bandenin 24 0 0 0 Neg Neg Neg 26.51
P320452 7/F Felaloe 12 0 0 120 Neg Neg Neg 23.9
P320596 6/F Foya-Dundu 12 0 0 90 Neg Neg Neg 27.6
P320656
 6/F
 Kpombu
120
 0
 0
 504
Neg
 Neg
 Neg
 21.3
2016 P331772 36/M Kpormbu 3,048 0 12 24 Neg Neg Neg Neg
P331921 35/M Felaloe 60 0 0 12 Neg Neg Neg Neg
P331783 34/F Kpormbu 420 0 0 0 Neg Neg Neg Neg
P330724 26/M Keyabendu 4,224 0 0 456 Neg Neg Neg 30.4
P331791 6/F Kpormbu 12 0 156 12 Neg Neg 33.1 33.4
P331962 6/F Bandenin 12 0 0 168 Neg Neg Neg 29.6
P331983
 6/F
 Bandenin
36
 0
 0
 5,304
Neg
 Neg
 Neg
 28.1
2017 P341287 61/M Mendikorma 1,464 0 0 0 Neg Neg Neg 33.1
P341282 56/M Mendikorma 540 0 216 0 Neg Neg 28.3 Neg
P341284 50/M Mendikorma 60 0 0 132 Neg Neg Neg Neg
P342148 45/M Keyabendu 1,368 0 0 192 Neg Neg 34.5 Neg
P340246 39/M Kamatahun 120 0 0 216 Neg Neg Neg 30.0
P340307 19/F Bambuloe 2,028 0 0 1,188 Neg Neg Neg 24.1
P340133 12/M Fokolahun 1,020 16,392 0 0 25.3 16.7 Neg Neg
P340183 9/F Kpelloe Ndama 72 0 0 0 Neg Neg Neg 36.0
P341308 9/F Mendikorma 36 0 108 0 Neg Neg Neg 28.5
P341326 9/M Mendikorma 456 0 0 0 Neg Neg 26.5 30.4
P341327 6/M Mendikorma 2,076 0 0 0 Neg Neg Neg Neg
P340147 5/M Fokolahun 48 0 0 0 30.94 26.93 Neg Neg

*T. trichiura infection was confirmed by qPCR in only 2 patients, but 25 had Capillaria eggs in their stool. Al, Ascaris lumbricoides; epg, eggs per gram of stool; Hk, hookworm; Na, Necator americanus; Neg, negative; Sm, Schistosoma mansoni; Tt, T. trichiura.

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