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. 2017 Apr 10;97(1):166–172. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.16-0857

Table 2.

Parasitological and hematologic findings

G1
G2
B/L F/U P value B/L F/U P value
Stst community seroprevalence by NIE ELISA 20.05% (82/409) 20.5% (104/508) 0.8740 44.90% (185/412) 42.25% (139/329) 0.4693
Stst paired samples seroprevalence by NIE ELISA 28.4% (33/116) 8.6% (10/116) 0.0002 46.5% (40/86) 27.9% (24/86) 0.0176
Eosinophilia (%)* 64.3% (72/112) 42.5% (48/113) 0.0010 50.0% (42/84) 54.8% (46/84) 0.5366
Eosinophilia count 593.5 (400.8–990.0) 411.5 (211.5–931.3) 0.0036 536.9 (326.5–1120) 568.0 (354.5–905.0) 0.7867
STH 58.3% (7/12) 11.8% (4/34) 0.0030 40.9% (29/71) 19.5 (8/41) 0.0231
Strongyloides stercoralis 16.7% (2/12) 2.9% (1/34) 0.1623 18.3% (13/71) 4.8% (2/41) 0.1612
Hookworms 8.3% (1/12) 2.9% (1/34) 0.4548 21.1% (15/71) 7.3% (3/41) 0.6550
Trichuris trichura 0% (0/12) 0% (0/34) 2.8% (2/71) 0% (0/41) 1.000
Ascaris lumbricoides 41.7% (5/12) 0% (0/34) 0.0006 8.5% (6/71) 14.6% (6/41) 0.3507

B/L = base line; ELISA = enzyme linked immunosorbent assay; F/U = follow-up; G1 = Group 1; G2 = Group 2; IQR = interquartile range; STH = soil-transmitted helminth.

*

> 500 cell/μL.

Median (IQR).

Coproparasitologial diagnosis of subjects who had provide fecal samples.