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. 2018 Mar 28;12(3):e0006374. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0006374

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)
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