Table 4. Summary of surveillance and participation in ring screening intervention in a study of Taenia solium cysticercosis, Peru*.
| Characteristics | Study month |
Total* | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 20 | 24 | ||
| No. pigs examined | 1,015 | 875 | 1,010 | 1,075 | 1,174 | 1,424 | 1,312 | 7,885 |
| Tongue-positive pigs, no. (%) |
23 (2.3) |
3 (0.3) |
0 (0) |
12 (1.1) |
17 (1.5) |
5 (0.4) |
14 (1.1) |
74 (1.0) |
| No. screening rings |
21 |
3 |
0 |
9 |
15 |
5 |
12 |
65 |
| No. eligible households |
170 |
24 |
0 |
53 |
150 |
25 |
124 |
546 |
| No. eligible participants | 625 | 90 | 0 | 220 | 532 | 107 | 452 | 2026 |
| Provided stool (%) | 548 (87.7) | 73 (81.1) | 0 | 185 (84.1) | 422 (79.3) | 83 (77.6) | 352 (77.9) | 1,663 (82.1) |
| Suspect taeniasis (%) | 24 (4.4) | 2 (2.7) | NA | 5 (2.7) | 18 (4.3) | 0 (0) | 12 (3.4) | 61 (3.7) |
| Accepted NSM (%) | 22 (91.7) | 2 (100) | NA | 5 (100) | 15 (83.3) | NA | 12 (100) | 56 (91.8) |
*Distinct households, participants, and pigs might be counted more than once in the totals column. NA, not applicable; NSM, niclosamide.