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Table 4 Nine months post-treatment infection rate among the 57 study participants assessed during the second follow-up phase of the study

From: Epidemiology of soil-transmitted helminth infections and the differential effect of treatment on the distribution of helminth species in rural areas of Gabon

 

Second follow-up study phase

N

n

%

95% CI

Any STH

33

25

75.8

57.7–88.7

Ascaris lumbricoides

14

4

28.6

8.4–58.1

Trichuris trichiura

25

22

88.0

68.8–97.4

Hookworm

11

5

45.4

16.7–76.6

Strongyloides stercoralis

8

0

0.0

  1. N: Number of participants positive for the respective STH species and treated at the beginning of the second follow-up study phase and present at the end of the follow-up phase; n: number of participants positive at the end of the second follow-up phase among the N