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Table 1 Summary of school-level schistosomiasis prevalence by area and diagnostic method

From: Intestinal schistosomiasis in Uganda at high altitude (>1400 m): malacological and epidemiological surveys on Mount Elgon and in Fort Portal crater lakes reveal extra preventive chemotherapy needs

 

Elevation

N

SEA-ELISA

CCA

Kato-Katz

  

Prevalence (%)

95% CI

Prevalence (%)

95% CI

Prevalence (%)

95% CI

Mount Elgon

1150–2072

300

42.3

36.7–48.2

18.3

14.2–23.3

5.3

3.2–8.7

Crater Lakes

1165–1526

420

63.7

58.9–68.3

34.4

29.9–39.1

10.7

8.0–14.1

Lake Albert

621

30

100.0

87.4–100.0

97.1

82.9–99.8

70.1

52.3–84.3