Accuracy of Diagnostic Tests for Detecting Schistosoma mansoni and S. haematobium in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Table 1

Characteristics of the studies included in the systematic review and meta-analysis of accuracy of diagnostic tests for S. mansoni.

S. no.	Author (year)	Study population	Country	Sample size	Index tests	Reference test
1	Legesse et al. (2008) [14]	School children	Ethiopia	184	CCA	Kato-Katz and formol ether
2	Okoyo et al. (2018) [15]	School children	Kenya	1,761	POC-CCA	Kato-Katz smear
3	Tchuem Tchuenté et al. (2012) [16]	School children	Cameroon	625	One CCA, three CCA, one CCA-L
4	Coulibaly et al. (2011) [17]	School children	Côte d’Ivoire	446	One CCA-A, three CCA-A, one CCA-B
5	Coulibaly et al. (2013) [18]	Preschool children	Côte d’Ivoire	242	Single and duplicate POC-CCA
6	Erko et al. (2013) [19]	School children	Ethiopia	620	Single and triple urine CCA
7	Sanneh et al. (2017) [20]	School children	Gambia	1,954	POC-CCA	Kato-Katz smear
8	Elbasheir et al. (2020) [21]	School children	Sudan	489	Urine CCA	Kato-Katz smear
9	Assaré et al. (2018) [22]	Children 9-12	Côte d’Ivoire	641	POC-CCA with and without trace	Kato-Katz smear
10	Fuss et al. (2018) [23]	School children	Tanzania	297	CCA, PCR	Kato-Katz smear
11	Chernet et al. (2017) [24]	Asymptomatic adult	Eritrea	107	POC-CCA, ELISA	Sedimentation
12	Lodh et al. (2014) [25]	Children	Ghana	86	PCR	Kato-Katz smear
13	Nausch et al. (2014) [26]	School children	Zimbabwe	81	SmCTF (Ab)	Kato-Katz, urine filtration
14	Coulibaly et al. (2013) [18]	Preschool children	Côte d’Ivoire	118	SmCTF (Ab)	Kato-Katz, urine filtration
15	Sorgho et al. (2005) [27]	General population	Burkina Faso	455	SWAP-ELISA, SEA-ELISA, CEF6-ELISA, Sm-IHA	Kato-Katz smear
16	Al-Shehri et al. (2018) [28]	School children	Uganda	258	Urine CCA	Kato-Katz smear
17	Shane et al. (2011) [29]	Children	Kenya	413	Carbon CCA, cassette CCA	Kato-Katz smear
18	Mewamba et al. (2021) [30]	School children	Cameroon	759	POC-CCA	Kato-Katz smear