Table 2 Cure rates, geometric mean egg counts and intensity reduction rates over 12 weeks in 245 school children infected with Schistosoma haematobium after one treatment with praziquantel in Ogun State, Nigeria
Before treatment | 4 weeks after treatment | 8 weeks after treatment | 12 weeks after treatment | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Egg Intensity (egg/10 ml) | No. of subjects (%) | GM egg/ 10 ml | No. cured | Cure rate (%) | GM eggs/ 10 ml | Egg reduction rate (%) | No. cured | Cure rate (%) | GM eggs/ 10 ml | Egg reduction rate (%) | No. cured | Cure rate (%) | GM eggs/ 10 ml | Egg reduction rate (%) |
< 50 | 229 (93.5) | 8.2 | 120 | 52.4 | 3.37 | 58.9 | 199 | 87.0 | 2.2 | 73.1 | 229 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 |
≥ 50 | 16 (6.5) | 116.4 | 1.00 | 6.3 | 13.4 | 88.5 | 7.0 | 43.8 | 4.2 | 96.4 | 16 | 100.00 | 0.0 | 100.0 |
Total | 245 (100) | 9.8 | 121 | 49.4 | 4.2 | 57.1 | 206 | 85.3 | 2.2 | 77.6 | 244.0 | 100.00 | 0.0 | 100.0 |