Table 2. Descriptive summary of interval parameters of interest.

Parameter	Pre-treatment	Post-treatment	p-value
	Parasite infection intensities: GM (range)
S. haematobium1	22.77 (1–1294)	1.41 (1–2)	<0.001
P. falciparum parasitaemia2	6.43 (1–174)	0.21 (0.02–3.54)	0.001
A. lumbricoides infection intensity3	3222.42 (0–72000)	0 (0)	0.012
T. trichiura infection intensity4	24 (24)	24 (24)	0.66
	Haematology: Mean (95% CI)
Red blood cells5	4.57 (3.38–5.98)	4.57 (3.31–5.98)	0.68
Haemoglobin 6	11.91 (9.80–16.70)	11.70 (3.40–10.70)	0.004
White blood cells7	6.89 (3.00–13.00)	6.66 (3.40–10.70)	0.22
Lymphocytes8	3.53 (1.30–6.80)	3.58 (0.20–6.20)	0.41
Neutrophils9	2.71 (1.00–7.50)	2.55 (0.80–5.80)	0.20

¹ = eggs/10ml urine

² = counts per 200 wbc

^3,4 = eggs/gram stool

⁵ = x10⁶/μL

⁶ = grams/dL

⁷ = x10³/μL

⁸ = x10³/μL

⁹ = x10³/μL. The Wilkoxon Matched Pairs Sign-rank test was used in determining the p-value between the time-points for each of the parameters.