Table 1.

Quantification of endemicity scenarios, based on the association between mean and aggregation of egg counts

	Scenario quantification derived from statistical modela		Pre-control prevalence of infection in school-age children (age 10–15)
Endemicity scenario	Mean egg count (epg)	Aggregation parameter (k)	Light infection (%)	Medium infection (%)	Heavy infection (%)	Any infection (%)
High	1000	0.264	73.2	8.8	6.7	88.6
Medium	300	0.104	52.1	2.8	1.4	56.3
Low	100	0.044	27.6	0.9	0.3	28.8

^aSee also Fig. 3 and Additional file 3