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Table 3 Soil-transmitted helminth prevalence and intensity of infection in the school children before and after treatment

From: Parasitological impact of 2-year preventive chemotherapy on schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis in Uganda

 

No of subjects

Baseline

Follow-up Year 1

Follow-up Year 2

Overall reduction

Hookworm

     

Prevalence (%)

     

Overall

1 704

50.9 (48.6–53.3)

24.1 (22.1–26.2)

10.7 (9.3–12.2)

79.0%

Regions

     

   Albertine Nile

637

48.0 (44.2–51.9)

11.6 (9.1–14.1)

5.5 (3.7–7.3)

88.5%

   Lake Albert

335

41.2 (35.9–46.5)

8.4 (5.4–11.3)

9.0 (5.9–12.0)

78.2%

   Lake Victoria

732

57.9 (54.3–61.5)

42.2 (38.6–45.8)

16.1 (13.5–18.8)

72.2%

Sex

     

   Boys

877

53.5 (50.2–56.8)

27.3 (24.3–30.2)

12.2 (10.0–14.4)

77.2%

   Girls

823

48.2 (44.8–51.7)

20.8 (18.0–23.6)

9.2 (7.3–11.2)

80.9%

Intensity of infection (epg)

     

Overall

     

   Mean epg

1 704

309.4 (232.4–386.4)

76.8 (62.9–90.7)

21.9 (13.8–30.1)

92.9%

   0 epg (%)

-

49.0 (46.7–51.4)

75.9 (73.8–77.9)

89.3 (87.8–90.7)

-

   1–1 999 epg (%)

-

48.4 (46.0–50.7)

23.5 (21.5–25.5)

10.6 (9.2–12.1)

-

   2 000–3 999 epg (%)

-

1.6 (1.0–2.2)

0.5 (0.1–0.8)

0.1 (0.0–0.2)

-

   ≥ 4 000 epg (%)

-

1.0 (0.5–1.5)

0.1 (0.0–0.3)

0.1 (0.0–0.2)

-

Region

     

   Albertine Nile

637

186.9 (148.0–225.8)

29.6 (17.1–42.2)

3.7 (1.7–5.7)

98.0%

   Lake Albert

335

307.4 (1.2–613.6)

22.8 (9.3–36.2)

23.9 (0.0–51.4)

92.2%

   Lake Victoria

732

416.8 (310.0–523.5)

142.6 (113.4–171.8)

36.9 (22.8–50.9)

91.1%

Sex

     

   Boys

877

370.3 (229.5–511.1)

76.7 (60.5–92.8)

19.4 (12.3–26.5)

94.8%

   Girls

823

244.5 (190.7–298.4)

77.3 (54.3–100.4)

24.7 (9.6–39.8)

89.9%

Ascaris lumbricoides

     

Overall prevalence (%)

1 700

2.8 (2.0–3.6)

1.6 (1.0–2.3)

0.6 (0.3–1.0)

-

Intensity of infection (epg)

1 700

95.4 (26.4–164.3)

20.0 (4.9–35.1)

16.2 (3.5–28.9)

83.0%

Trichuris trichiura

     

Overall prevalence (%)

1 700

2.2 (1.5–2.9)

2.5 (1.7–3.2)

1.6 (1.0–2.2)

-

Intensity of infection (epg)

1 700

3.3 (0.9–5.6)

1.8 (1.0–2.7)

3.05 (0.0–7.15)

-

  1. Figures in () indicate 95% confidence interval.