Table 1. Cohort details of chronically infected individuals used in this study.
| Group | N | Age | Necator americanus | Schistosoma mansoni | ||||||||||
| Prev.a | Intensity of Infection (EPGb) | Prev.a | Intensity of Infection (EPGb) | |||||||||||
| Mean | Min | Max | N (%) | Min | Max | G. Mean | 95% CI | N (%) | Min | Max | G. Mean | 95% CI | ||
| Females | 309 | 33.78 | 1 | 96 | 248 (69) | 6 | 62,856 | 766 | (606, 969) | 170 (55) | 6 | 4074 | 93.33 | (74, 116) |
| Males | 357 | 34.30 | 7 | 92 | 252 (82) | 6 | 55,554 | 692 | (559, 857) | 155 (43) | 6 | 5952 | 90.82 | (71, 114) |
| Total | 666 | 33.45 | 7 | 92 | 500 (75) | 6 | 62,856 | 727 | (621, 858) | 325 (49) | 6 | 5952 | 92.12 | (78, 108) |
a
“Prev.” = prevalence of infection.
b
“EPG” = eggs per gram of feces as etermined by 2 slides of Kato Katz fecal thick smear for two days.