Table 1.

Sample details and NIE-DBS ELISA result summary.

	Pre-treatment			Post-treatment
	MDA 1	MDA 2	Overall pre-treatment	MDA 2 (enrolled/treated at MDA1)
Number of samples	124	40	164	50
Median age in years (IQR)	5.3 (3.2–7.8)	2.3 (1.2–5.1)**	4.7 (2.3–7)	4 (2.4–5.5)
Median NIE-DBS ELISA result (IQR)	0.04 (0.01–0.14)	0.08 (0.08–0.18)	0.05 (0.02–0.15)	0.06 (0.01–0.14)
NIE-DBS positive (above cut-off 0.21) (%)	19 (15.3%)	8 (20.0%)	27 (16.5%)	6 (12.0%)

^**p = 0.0004.

MDA, mass drug administration; IQR, interquartile range.