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. 2022 Jan 7;11:5. doi: 10.1186/s40249-021-00930-4

Table 1.

Prevalence of S. haematobium infection by egg positivity and infection intensities, haematuria and S. mansoni test results from POC-CCA testing (trace results excluded) in the study population from Ounianga Serir and Ounianga Kebir, Chad, 2019

Ounianga Kebir (n = 207) Ounianga Serir (n = 51) Total n (%, 95% CI)
Male n (%, 95% CI) Female n (%, 95% CI) Male n (%, 95% CI) Female n (%, 95% CI)
Total number of participants 65 142 21 30 258
Participants aged < 18 years 47 (72) 65 (46) 14 (67) 11 (37) 137 (53)
S. haematobium infection (egg positive)
 Total no. positive 27 (41.5, 30.0–54.0) 46 (32.4, 25.2–40.5) 11 (52.4, 30.2–73.6) 17 (56.7, 37.9–73.7) 101 (39.2, 33.5–45.1)
 Positives < 18 years* 24 (51.1, 36.6–65.3) 24 (36.9, 25.9–49.5) 9 (64.3, 34.1–86.3) 8 (72.7, 35.4–92.8) 65 (47.5, 39.2–55.8)
S. haematobium heavy infection (≥ 50 eggs/10 ml urine)
 Total no. heavy infection 13 (50.0, 30.5–69.5) 21 (45.7, 31.6–60.5) 8 (72.7, 35.4–92.8) 9 (52.9, 28.1–76.4) 51 (51.0, 41.2–60.7)
 Heavy infection < 18 years 13 (56.5, 34.8–76.0) 14 (58.3, 36.9–77.0) 8 (88.9, 37.5–99.1) 7 (87.5, 32.0–99.1) 42 (65.6, 53.0–76.4)
Haematuria
 Total no. positive 36 (55.4, 43.0–67.2) 82 (57.8, 49.5–65.6) 12 (57.1, 34.2–77.4) 22 (73.3, 53.9–86.6) 152 (58.9, 52.9–64.6)
 Positives < 18 years* 26 (55.3, 40.6–69.2) 39 (60.0, 47.5–71.3) 9 (64.3, 34.1–86.3) 9 (81.8, 42.1–96.5) 83 (60.6, 52.2–68.4)
S. mansoni infection (from POC-CCA test results)
 Total no. positive 3 (4.7, 1.5–13.8) 11 (8.4, 4.7–14.5) 5 (23.8, 9.5–48.2) 2 (7.1, 1.6–26.2) 21 (8.6, 5.7–12.8)
 Positives < 18 years* 3 (6.5, 2.0–19.0) 5 (8.3, 3.4–18.8) 5 (35.7, 13.7–65.9) 1 (9.1, 0.9–53.6) 14 (10.7, 6.4–17.2)

*(%) from all participants < 18 years of age; POC-CCA: Point-of-care circulating cathodic antigen