Table 2. Prevalence and intensity of hookworm infections in 2009 and 2015 and number of treatments.
Savanes (2009 n = 1930; 2015 n = 2009) |
Kara (2009 n = 2968; 2015 n = 3494) |
Centrale (2009 n = 2446; 2015 n = 2460) |
Plateaux (2009 n = 5491; 2015 n = 5624) |
Maritime (2009 n = 3255; 2015 n = 3300) |
Total (2009 n = 16090; 2015 n = 16887) |
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Average school percent positive for hookworm [range]† | ||||||
2009 | 31.8 [0.0, 100.0] | 24.2 [0.0, 100.0] | 36.4 [0.0, 100.0] | 31.7 [0.0, 100.0] | 38.5 [0.0, 100.0] | 32.4 [0.0, 100.0] |
2015 | 4.6 [0.0, 40.0] | 9.5 [0.0, 66.7] | 15.2 [0.0, 66.7] | 13.0 [0.0, 100.0] | 10.3 [0.0, 53.3] | 11.1 [0.0, 1.0] |
Average school-level hookworm EPG* of stool, arithmetic mean [range] | ||||||
2009 | 331.5 [0–36864] | 72.6 [0, 12240] | 205.0 [0, 36000] | 169.4 [0, 17808] | 210.6 [0, 20544] | 184.7 [0, 36864] |
2015 | 7.9 [0, 5664] | 22.6 [0, 7056] | 37.2 [0, 6360] | 43.3 [0, 11952] | 39.2 [0, 4944] | 33.1 [0, 11952] |
Individual-level hookworm EPG* of stool, frequency§ (%) | ||||||
2009 | ||||||
None | 1316 (68.2) | 2251 (75.8) | 1555 (63.6) | 3753 (68.3) | 2003 (61.5) | 10878 (67.6) |
Light | 541 (28.0) | 703 (23.7) | 844 (34.5) | 1637 (29.8) | 1190 (36.6) | 4915 (30.5) |
Moderate | 35 (1.8) | 10 (0.3) | 28 (1.1) | 56 (1.0) | 35 (1.1) | 164 (1.0) |
Heavy | 38 (2.0) | 4 (0.1) | 19 (0.8) | 45 (0.8) | 27 (0.8) | 133 (0.8) |
2015 | ||||||
None | 1916 (95.4) | 3161 (90.5) | 2086 (84.8) | 4895 (87.0) | 2961 (89.7) | 15019 (88.9) |
Light | 92 (4.6) | 326 (9.3) | 367 (14.9) | 708 (12.6) | 323 (9.8) | 1816 (10.8) |
Moderate | 0 (0.0) | 6 (0.2) | 5 (0.2) | 15 (0.3) | 12 (0.4) | 38 (0.2) |
Heavy | 1 (0.0) | 1 (0.0) | 2 (0.1) | 6 (0.1) | 4 (0.1) | 14 (0.1) |
Number of treatments, mean (range) | ||||||
2010–2014 | 3.7 [0, 8] | 2.2 [0, 5] | 5.0 [5, 5] | 4.0 [0, 7] | 4.4 [4, 7] | 3.8 [0, 8] |
§Hookworm categorization based on WHO guidelines. None = 0 eggs/g, Light = 1–1,999 eggs/g, Moderate = 2,000–3,999 eggs/g, Heavy = 4,000+ eggs/g.
†Mean percentage of school-level population (mean of means)
*EPG = eggs per gram of stool