The diagnostic utility of plasma Interleukin (IL)-6 levels for Opisthorchis-induced pathologies.

1Age, sex, and nearest-neighbor matched individuals, who were positive for O. viverrini infection and negative for APF as determined by ultrasound (US) were included in the analyses and shown as controls in Table 1.2Sensitivity.3Specificity.4Accuracy of the test or the area under the Receiver-Operating Characteristic (ROC) curves in Figures 2 and 3.5Positive Predictive Value.6Negative Predictive Value.7O. viverrini infected individuals with Advanced Periductal Fibrosis as determined by US and shown as cases in Table 1.8Plasma samples from histologically confirmed Opisthorchis-induced cholangiocarcinoma from the Liver Fluke and Cholangiocarcinoma Research Center, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Thailand.