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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2017 Mar 18;111(1):12–17. doi: 10.1093/trstmh/trx011

Table 2.

additional studies considered for the calculation of the reduction of hookworm prevalence after preventive chemotherapy

Country Year Drug Number of people surveyed at baseline Individuals with hookworm infection
baseline – last follow-up
Follow up (months) Age group PC frequency Ref
Myanmar 2004
2013
Alb 1 000 6.5%- 0.3% 84 SAC 2/year 10, 11
Bangladesh 2005
2016
Alb 792 20.4% - 7.7% 60 SAC 2/year 12, 13
Lao 2008 Meb 2 885 18.7% - 22.23% 24 SAC 2/year 14
Tanzania 2009 Alb 1 194 50.9% - 10.7% 132 SAC 1/year 15
Viet Nam 2013 Alb 389 86% - 12% 12, 30, 54 WCBA 2/year 16
Cuba 2014 Meb 268 44.4% - 18.7% 36 SAC 2/year 17
Peru 2016 Meb 816 4.2% - 3.09% 12, 24 SAC 3/year 18
Kenya 2016 Alb 21 432 14.4% - 2.3% 36 SAC 1/year 19
Sri Lanka 2000 Meb 177 72% - 8.8% 12, 24, 36, 48, 72 SAC 1/year 20
Oman 2001 Alb 860 40% - 0.6% 12, 24, 36, 48, 60 SAC 1/year 21
Nepal 2003 Alb 711 64.7% - 33.9% 24 SAC 2/year 22
Seychelles 2003 Meb 1058 6.3% - 1.5% 24, 36, 60 SAC 2/year 23
India 2004 Alb, DEC 325 5% - 5% 24 SAC 2/year 24
Cambodia 2006 Meb 50 57.8% - 13.5%* 60 SAC 2/year 25
Ghana 2006 Alb 1010 87% - 23% 12, 24 SAC 2/year 26
Uganda 2007 Alb 4351 50.9% - 10.7% 12, 24 SAC 1/year 27
Zambia 2013 Alb, IVR 490 7.8% - 1.9% 12, 18 SAC 1/year 28

Alb= albendazole; Meb= mebendazole; DEC=diethylcarbamazine; IVR= ivermectin, SAC = School aged children PC= preventive chemotherapy, WCBA=Women of Child bearing age

*

average of 7 different surveys