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. 2010 Jun;82(6):1079–1087. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.2010.09-0702

Table 1.

Summary of data on soil-transmitted helminth infection used in the geostatistical analysis of spatial heterogeneity

Country No. of schools Median prevalence (%) (range by school) Mean no. examined Mean age examined (years) Reference
Hookworm Ascaris lumbricoides Trichuris trichiura
Kenya 64 16.7 (0–69.2) 0 (0–23.4) 4.7 (0–54.4) 104.3 12.2 Brooker, unpublished data
Tanzania 197 43.3 (1.6–93.3) 0 (0–40) 0 (0–43.3) 75.9 14.03 Clements and others21
Uganda 197 52.4 (0–90) 0 (0–65.8) 0 (0–40) 68.9 10.21 Kabatereine and others20
Zambia 79 11.1 (0–86.7) 0 (0–333) 0 (0–21.3) 59.8 13.06 Mwanza and others, unpublished data