Table 1.
Pemba Island | Haiti | |
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Specimen | DNA from adult worms and larvae | DNA from eggs |
Sample size | 2 DNA samples of individual adult worms | 27 DNA samples, each of 10 eggs |
7 DNA samples, each of 50 larvae | ||
Treatment history | Post-treatment | Post-treatment |
Mebendazole | Albendazole | |
Round of treatment | 13 | Unknown |
Adult and larvae samples from Pemba Island were recovered from five infected children.21 In Haiti, eggs were recovered from 28 persons.