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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Acta Trop. 2012 Jan 8;122(1):126–131. doi: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2012.01.002

Table 3b.

Programmatic Decisions for MDA based on Prevalence of Schistosomiasis by history, NVD, and urine dipstick in Sentinel communities in Ndokwa East LGA at baseline (2003) and follow-up (2005).

Baseline data Follow-up data
Community N MDA
History +ve
MDA
NVD +ve
MDA
Dipstick +ve
N MDA
History +ve
MDA
NVD +ve
MDA
Dipstick +ve
Abuator 30 C C C 60 S S S
Obodo-Oyibo 30 S C C 35 - - S
Lagos- Iyede 30 S S C 60 - - -
Asafor Ase 30 - - S 42 - - -
Umu Onyia 30 - - S 52 - - -
Okpai-Oluchi 30 - - S 60 - - -
Beneku 30 - - S 60 - - -
Okolori-Afor 30 - - S 34 - - -

C=Community wide MDA, S=School aged children MDA

NVD: Nurse Visual Diagnosis of Hematuria

Communities qualified for treatment of all school aged children if the prevalence of hematuria was ≥10% by any method in a sample of school aged children. Communities qualified for community wide treatment if the prevalence of hematuria and visual diagnosis or history was ≥50%