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. 2012 Jul 24;6(7):e1726. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001726

Table 2. S. mekongi infection intensity before (D0) and posttreatment (D28) and egg reduction rate for maximum and minimum diagnostic effort.

Treatment Maximum diagnostic effort (3×3 datasets, n = 64) Minimum diagnostic effort (1×1 datasets, n = 85)
Infection intensity n # cured % cured D0 GM (EPG) D28 GM (EPG) ERR (%) n # cured % cured D0 GM (EPG) D28 GM (EPG) ERR (%)
40 mg/kg All infections 32 24 75.0 21.0 0.75 96.4 21 18 85.7 47.6 1.00 97.9
1–99 EPG 27 20 74.1 13.1 0.81 93.8 16 13 81.3 22.4 1.48 93.4
100–399 EPG 3 3 100 157.1 0 100 2 2 100 200.8 0 100
≥400 EPG 2 1 50.0 451.3 1.52 99.7 3 3 100 923.0 0 100
75 mg/kg All infections 26 21 80.8 26.6 0.52 98.1 19 18 94.7 63.5 0.23 99.6
1–99 EPG 22 17 77.3 18.2 0.64 96.5 14 13 92.9 45.1 0.32 99.3
100–399 EPG 4 4 100 201.7 0 100 5 5 100 163.6 0 100
≥400 EPG 0 0 na na na na 0 0 na na na na

EPG, eggs per gram of stool; ERR, egg reduction rate; GM, geometric mean; na, not applicable.