Samples | Microfilaria/ml of blood | Baseline testing | Results at 1 month | Results at 3 months | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4 °C | 28 °C | 40 °C | 4 °C | 28 °C | 40 °C | |||
A | 1 | +++ | +++ | + | +++ | +++ | + | ++ |
B | 1 | +++ | +++ | ++ | ++ | + | − | + |
C | 6 | + | + | + | + | + | + | + |
D | 43 | ++ | + | + | + | + | + | − |
E | 7 | +++ | ++ | ++ | ++ | ++ | − | + |
F | 1 | +++ | ++ | ++ | + | ++ | + | + |
G | 6 | +++ | ++ | ++ | ++ | + | − | − |
H | 1 | ++ | − | − | − | − | − | − |
I | 57 | +++ | +++ | +++ | ++ | ++ | + | + |
J | 2 | ++ | +++ | +++ | +++ | + | − | − |
Number positive | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 6 | |
Sensitivity | 100% | 90% | 90% | 90% | 90% | 50% | 60% | |
Mean intensity score | 2.5 | 2.0 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0.7 | |
Standard deviation | 0.707 | 1.054 | 0.949 | 0.949 | 0.843 | 0.527 | 0.675 | |
Standard error of mean | 0.224 | 0.333 | 0.300 | 0.300 | 0.267 | 0.167 | 0.213 | |
p values | 0.188 | 0.055 | 0.055 | 0.008 | 0.004 | 0.004 |