Table 2.
An overview of the extracted data considered for final analysis
| S.No. | Author [cite ID] Year | Study Design | Study Date | Location | Sample Size | Age Group | STH (%) | Technique | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AL | TT | HW | ||||||||
| Kashmir | ||||||||||
| 1 | Wani [11] 2008 |
Cross sectional | March-Nov. 2007 | Kashmir valley | 2256 | 0–15 | 68.3 | 27.92 | -- | Direct smear, zinc sulphate flotation, stolls egg counting technique. |
| 2 | Wani [12] 2010 |
Cross sectional | ND | Gurez valley | 352 | 1–15 | 71.18 | 26.42 | -- | Kato-Katz thick smear technique |
| 3 | Wani [13] 2007 |
Cross sectional | ND | Kupwara | 312 | 4–15 | 69.23 | 30.76 | -- | Direct smear and zinc sulphate flotation concentration |
| 4 | Singh [14] 2010 |
Cross sectional | Jan 2002 to Dec 2003 | Srinagar | 514 | 5–14 | 28 | 5 | -- | Iodine staining, Saline or zinc sulphate centrifugal floatation or sedimentation techniques |
| Delhi | ||||||||||
| 5 | Ranjan [15] 2013 |
Cross sectional | Nov-Jan. | Civil lines zone | 347 | 5–15 | 8.1 | 3.7 | 3.7 | Semi quantitative katokatz technique |
| Chandigarh | ||||||||||
| 6 | Sehgal [16] 2010 |
Cross sectional | Oct-Nov 2007 | Urban slums | 87 | Pregnant women | 3.4 | -- | -- | Direct wet smear |
| Uttarakhand | ||||||||||
| 7 | Bora [17] 2006 |
Cross sectional | August 2005 | Pauri Garhwal, | 257 | 9–10 | 28.8 | 1.9 | 5.1 | Kato-katz technique |
| Himachal Pradesh | ||||||||||
| 8 | Barda [18] 2013 |
Cross srctional | Jan-Apr 2012 | Dharamshala | 80 | 11–15 | 11.3 | Direct smear, Formolether concentration, mini-FLOTAC | ||
| Uttar Pradesh | ||||||||||
| 9 | Bisht [19] 2011 |
Cross sectional | June 2008 – Dec. 2009 | Ghaziabad | 335 | <14 | 2.4 | 1.8 | 1.2 | Normal saline, lugol iodine |
| 10 | Rashid [20] 2011 |
Cross sectional | Jan.-June 2010 | Bareilly | 320 | 5–16 | 9.68 | 1.56 | Direct wet smear examination | |
| 11 | Nitin [21] 2007 |
Cross sectional | May 2004-May 2006 | Lucknow Alambagh, Mati | 1071 | 1.5–85 | A-0.6 M-2.4 |
-- | M-0.7 | Wet mount examination |
| 12 | Awasthi [22] 2008 |
Cross sectional | July-Sept.2007 | Gyanpur | 909 | 14.56 months mean age | 41.9 | 2.6 | 6.1 | Formol ether |
| Madhya Pradesh | ||||||||||
| 13 | Tripathi [23] 2014 |
Cross sectional | July-Aug 2013 | Kajli Kheda, Bhopal | 300 | 6–12 | 4 | -- | 0.02 | Saline wet mount, Iodine wet mount |
| Rajasthan | ||||||||||
| 14 | Choubisa [24] 2012 |
Cross sectional | Oct.2010-Sep. 2011 | Udaipur | 224 | Below 60 | 4.46 | 0.44 | 0.89 | Lugol iodine, formol ether concentration |
| Gujarat | ||||||||||
| 15 | Shobha [25] 2013 |
Cross sectional | Feb-Dec 2008 | Urban slum, Baroda | 880 | <1 to >25 | 2.04 | -- | 0.11 | Wet smear (saline mount) examination and iodine mount. Formalin—ether sedimentation concentration |
| 16 | Lakhani [26] 2013 |
Cross sectional | Jun-Oct | Piparia Village, Vadodara District | 140 | 6–12 | 3.6 | 0.7 | 3.6 | Saline wet mounts as well as Lugol’s Iodine wet mounts, Formol ether concentration technique |
| Bihar | ||||||||||
| 17 | Pandey [27] 2013 |
Cross sectional | ND | Terai belt | 404 | 5–65 | 45.79 | -- | 8.16 | Saline and iodine wet mount |
| 18 | Greenland [28] 2015 |
Cross sectional | Jan-Feb 2011 | Araria, Aurangabad, Muzaffarpur and Gopalganj | 1157 | 4–17 | 51.9 | 4.7 | 41.8 | Kato-Katz smear |
| Jharkhand | ||||||||||
| Awasthi [22] 2008 |
Cross sectional | July-Sept. 2007 | Murhu | 909 | 14.56 months mean age | 22.3 | 2.6 | 1.5 | Formol ether | |
| Assam | ||||||||||
| 19 | Narain [29] 2004 |
Cross sectional | ND | Upper Assam | 265 | 2-all ages | 55 | 59 | 45 | Formol-ether concentration method |
| 20 | Traub [30] 2004 |
Cross sectional | July-Sept. 2000 | Phulbari Addabarie Balipara |
328 | 0–60 year | 38 | 43 | 43 | Water sedimentation technique followed by zinc sulphate centrifugation, katokatz technique |
| 21 | These [31] 2009 |
Cross sectional | Feb-Sept 2008 | Dibrugarh | 1029 | 5 to 13 | 63 | 19 | 1.7 | Direct and formal ether concentration methods |
| 22 | Sharma [32] 2012 |
Cross sectional | ND | Barpeta, Bongaigaon, Kamrup, Dibrugarh |
2499 | Adolescent girls, Mean 13.6 ± 1.1 |
10.6 | 6.2 | 3.9 | Formalin-ether method |
| Manipur | ||||||||||
| 23 | Singh [33] 2004 |
Cross sectional | Sept. 1998-October 2000 | Urban and rural areas | 1010 | 5–10 | 19.6 | 2.18 | 0.09 | Wet film, iodine preparation, formol ether techniques |
| 24 | Pukhrambam [34] 2013 |
Cross sectional | May-Jul 2012 | Urban slum (Hatta, Golapatti) | 255 | 1–5 | 21.5 | -- | -- | Saline and iodine mount method |
| Maharashtra | ||||||||||
| 25 | Dambhare [35] 2010 |
Cross sectional | Oct.-Nov. 2009 | Wardha (Karanji kaji village) | 172 | 6–14 | 0.6 | -- | 1.2 | Iodine staining of wet mounts |
| 26 | Aher [36] 2012 |
Cross sectional | ND | Ahmadnagar, Loni | 624 | 6–12 years. | 1.9 | -- | 0.9 | Saline and iodine preparation |
| 27 | Avhad [37] 2012 |
Cross sectional | June 2011-april 2012 | Aurangabad | 547 | 9–10 | 22.85 | 10.05 | 1.1 | Kato-katz technique |
| West Bengal | ||||||||||
| 28 | Mukherjee [38] 2013 |
Cross sectional | ND | Sunderbans Bankura, birbhum Midnapore, Bardhman Kolkata |
1192 | 10–15 | 11 | 1.8 | -- | Kato-katz technique |
| 29 | Sur [39] 2005 |
Cross sectional | May 2002-July 2003 | Tiljala, Kolkata | 263 | 2–5 | 53 | -- | -- | Direct wet preparation, saline and iodine mount, formalin concentration technique |
| Andhra Pradesh | ||||||||||
| 30 | Naish [40] 2004 |
Cross sectional | Dec. 1997-Dec.1998 | Peda Jalaripet Vishakhapatnam |
204 | 5–9 | 91 | 72 | 54 | Modified formol ether sedimentation technique was used |
| 31 | Padmaja [41] 2014 |
Cross sectional | Nov. 2013-January 2014 | Amalapuram | 200 | Around 8 | 6 | 7.5 | 4.5 | Saline and iodine preparations, formal ether concentration methods. |
| 32 | Panda [42] 2012 |
Cross sectional | Dec 2008-Jan 2009 | Kondavelagada village, Vizianagaram district | 124 | 6–9 | -- | -- | 4.8 | Saline& Iodine preparation |
| Puducherry | ||||||||||
| 33 | Ragunathan [43] 2010 |
Cross sectional | March-Sept. 2006 | Puducherry | 1172 | 5–10 | 43.21 | 10.87 | 28.89 | Formol ether sedimentation, iodine saline wet mount |
| Karnataka | ||||||||||
| 34 | Golia [44] 2014 |
Cross sectional | Jun-Sep 2013 | Kavalbyrasandra, Bangalore | 258 | 6–12 | 8.1 | 5.4 | 1.2 | Normal saline, iodine preparation and formalin ether sedimentation concentration technique. |
| Tamil Nadu | ||||||||||
| 35 | Kattula [45] 2014 |
Cross sectional | Dec. 2008-Aug-2009 | Vellore, thiruvanamalai | 3706 | 6–14 | 1.21 | 0.8 | 6.28 | Saline and iodine wet preparation, McMaster egg counting technique |
| 36 | Krishnan [46] 2013 |
Cross sectional | ND | Melmaruvathur | 25 | 5–10 | 20 | 5 | 10 | Saline and iodine preparation, salt flotation technique and zinc sulphate flotation technique |
| 37 | Fernandez [47] 2002 |
Cross sectional | Sept-March 2000 | Chennai Kadallur |
125 | 3–14 | 52.8 | 45.6 | 37.6 | Saline and Lugol’s iodine zinc sulphate concentration technique |
| 38 | Dhanabal [48] 2014 |
Cross sectional | Jan.-Jun 2013 | South Chennai | 256 | 0–50 | 6.2 | 1.1 | Saline and iodine wet mount, 10% formalin sedimentation and flotation | |
| 39 | Sunish [49] 2015 |
Cross sectional | 2001 | Villupuram (Tirukoilur) (Mugaiyur) |
321-T 325-M |
9–10 | 54.83-T 52.92-M |
4.67-T 6.77-M |
16.51-T 8.31-M |
Kato Katz cellophane thick smear technique |
(AL A. Lumbricoides, TT T. trichiura, HW Hookworm, ND Not defined)