Table 3.
Mean faecal egg counts for Ascaris lumbricoides, Trichuris trichiura, hookworm and Schistosoma mansoni infections based on the examination of both individual and pooled samples (pool size of 5, 10 and 20)
| Pool size | Sample size | A. lumbricoides | T. trichiura | Hookworm | S. mansoni | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean FEC (EPG) (95 % CI) | p-value | Mean FEC (EPG) (95 % CI) | p-value | Mean FEC (EPG) (95 % CI) | p-value | Mean FEC (EPG) (95 % CI) | p-value | ||
| 1 | 360 | 2,596.3 (1,688.4; 3,588.5) | _ | 126.0 (66.9; 206.1) | _ | 40.7 (23.9; 64.7) | 47.3 (31.2; 66.3) | _ | |
| 5 | 72 | 2,281.7 (1,271.6; 3,521.0) | 0.11 | 95.3 (65.0; 131.0) | 0.39 | 26.3 (15.7; 39.7) | 0.23 | 61.7 (40.7; 86.3) | 0.12 |
| 10 | 36 | 2,367.3 (1,246.0; 3,688.7) | 0.54 | 73.3 (49.3; 100.0) | 0.11 | 6.7 (2.7; 12.0) | <0.01 | 52.0 (29.3; 79.3) | 0.68 |
| 20 | 18 | 3,008.0 (853.3; 6,161.5) | 0.50 | 70.7 (36.0; 116.0) | 0.11 | 24.0 (6.7; 46.7) | 0.40 | 53.3 (26.7; 82.7) | 0.64 |
FEC faecal egg counts, EPG eggs per gram of stool