Table 3 Comparison of five markers in eggs deposited in liver and colon tissue from mice infected with S. japonicum post treatment
From: Clinical diagnostic value of viable Schistosoma japonicum eggs detected in host tissues
Staining method | Marker | Positive rate (positive / total eggs; %) at different days post treatment with PZQ | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Eggs in hepatic tissue | Eggs in colon tissue | ||||||
30d | 90d | 180d | 30d | 90d | 180d | ||
Viable morphology | 2.7* (91/3369) | 0.00* (0/2713) | 0.00 (0/1548) | 2.8* (126/4497) | 0.00 (0/2320) | 0.00 (0/1587) | |
NBT/ BCIP | ALP | 83.52 (304/364) | 34.88 (75/215) | 5.83 (6/103) | 75.35 (217/288) | 0.00 (0/187) | 0.00 (0/ 149) |
von Kossa | CalSâ–¼ | 78.57 (176/224) | 15.22* (21/138) | 2.97 (3/101) | 68.75 (143/208) | 8.45 (12/142) | 2.94 (3/102) |
DAB | AOS | 13.97** (96/687) | 0.00** (0/323) | 0.00 (0/312) | 19.90** (83/417) | 0.00 (0/220) | 0.00 (0/126) |
MTT | SDHG | 11.41** (67/587) | 5.70** (29/509) | 0.00 (0/456) | 7.16** (38 /531) | 3.08 (9/292) | 0.00 (0/266) |