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. 2014 Feb 5;90(2):339–345. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.13-0546

Table 3.

Proportion of a finite target population that needs to be tested to conclude that the prevalence in the entire target population is ≤ 0.1% when none of the samples tested are positive

Total population size (children < 10) Maximum no. positives allowed in total population of children < 10 Actual allowed upper bound of prevalence No. to test
1,750 1 0.057% 1,663
1,500 1 0.067% 1,425
1,250 1 0.08% 1,188
1,100 1 0.09% 1,045