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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, February 2009, p. 451-452, Vol. 47, No. 2
0095-1137/09/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.01736-08
Copyright © 2009, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Evaluation of a Screening Test for Detection of Giardia and Cryptosporidium Parasites {triangledown}

Sojin Youn,1 Mamun Kabir,2 Rashidul Haque,2 and William A. Petri Jr.1*

University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, Virginia,1 International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh2

Received 8 September 2008/ Returned for modification 30 October 2008/ Accepted 24 November 2008

The Giardia/Cryptosporidium Chek test (TechLab, Inc.), a screening test for Giardia and Cryptosporidium, was evaluated with 136 fecal samples. Using the results of the Giardia II test and Cryptosporidium II test as gold standards, it was 98.4% sensitive and 100% specific and had positive and negative predictive values of 98.7% and 99.3%.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: University of Virginia School of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, P.O. Box 801340, Charlottesville, VA 22908-1340. Phone: (434) 924-5621. Fax: (434) 924-0075. E-mail: wap3g{at}virginia.edu

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 3 December 2008.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, February 2009, p. 451-452, Vol. 47, No. 2
0095-1137/09/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.01736-08
Copyright © 2009, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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