Patterns of geohelminth infection, impact of albendazole treatment and re-infection after treatment in schoolchildren from rural KwaZulu-Natal/South-Africa

Table 1 Prevalence and intensity (EPG) of geohelminth infection at baseline

	Males	Females	M/F Ratio* (95%CI or P)
n =	445	572
Median Age (Inter quartile range)	11.2 (10.1–12.3)	10.7 (9.7–11.8)
Prevalence (%)
Hookworm	86.5	80.6	1.07 (1.02 to 1.13)
A. lumbricoides	15.7	22.2	0.71 (0.54 to 0.92)
T. trichiura	57.3	57.2	1.00 (0.90 to 1.12)
Mean Intensity (EPG)^†
Hookworm	984	792	1.24 (P < 0.001)
A. lumbricoides	876	2948	0.30 (P = 0.008)
T. trichiura	240	332	0.72 (P = 0.671)

* Male to Female ratios for prevalence and mean intensity of infection and 95% confidence interval (for prevalence) or P-value of 2-sided Mann-Whitney-U-test (for differences in mean EPG). ^† Arithmetic mean EPG including uninfected pupils.

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