Appendix 1—table 1. Number and proportion of sample types collected in each arm at each phase.
Baseline | 12 month | 24 month | ||||
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Control | Intervention | Control | Intervention | Control | Intervention | |
Whole stool | 377 (96%) | 351 (97%) | 361 (91%) | 380 (93%) | 307 (67%) | 333 (72%) |
Diarrheal diaper | 15 (3.8%) | 10 (2.8%) | 4 (1.0%) | 4 (0.98%) | 32 (7.0%) | 20 (4.3%) |
Rectal swab* | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 30 (7.6%) | 24 (5.9%) | 120 (26%) | 109 (24%) |
*Mean concentration of double-stranded DNA recovered from whole stool was 40.8 ng/μL (SD = 16.5, n = 33 with 57 samples excluded as their concentrations exceeded the upper detection limit of the assay), diaper samples was 28.7 ng/μL (SD = 16.9, n = 61 with 16 samples excluded as concentrations exceeded upper detection limit of assay), and rectal swabs was 26.3 ng/μL (SD = 15.5, n = 195 with 25 samples excluded as concentrations exceeded upper detection limit of assay). Only a subset of each sample type assayed for dsDNA concentration.