Table 2. S. japonicum infection prevalence and intensity at follow-up.
Cohort 1* | Cohort 2† | |||
T1 | T2 | T1 | T2 | |
S. japoincum infection prevalence‡ | 33.1 | 10.3 | 7.7 | 7.8 |
Mean S. japonicum infection intensity‡ | 8.7 | 3.1 | 4.3 | 1.3 |
Cohort 1 is composed of people from 10 villages where schistosomiasis is endemic. Participants were tested for S. japonicum infection in 2000 (T0), 2002 (T1) and 2006 (T2).
Cohort 2 is composed of people from 27 villages in two counties where schistosomiasis reemerged following reduction of S. japonicum infection prevalence below 1%. Participants were tested for S. japonicum infection in 2007 (T0), 2008 (T1) and 2010 (T2).
Infection prevalence and intensity were estimated for the source population, accounting for the stratified sampling used in enrolling cohort participants. Each individual in the cohort was assigned a weight equal to the inverse probability of being sampled.