High prevalence of soil-transmitted helminth infections in Myanmar schoolchildren

Table 2 Prevalence and infection intensity of soil transmitted helminths determined by the Kato-Katz procedure, qPCR and the two methods combined

	KK				qPCR		KK and qPCR combined
	n	Prevalence (95% CI)	AMEPG (95% CI)	GMEPG (95% CI)	n	Prevalence (95% CI)	n	Prevalence (95% CI)
A. lumbricoides	41	15.5% (11.1–19.9)	15,322.3 (7,566.5–23,078.2)	2,059.1 (892.5–4,750.1)	145	54.9% (48.9–61.0)	156	59.1% (53.1–65.1)
T. trichiura	69	26.1% (20.8–31.5)	382.5 (207.9–557.1)	123.9 (86.4–177.9)	177	67.1% (61.3–72.8)	197	74.6% (69.3–79.9)
Ancylostoma sp.		N/A	N/A	N/A	78	29.6% (24.0–35.1)		N/A
N. americanus		N/A	N/A	N/A	3	1.1% (0–2.4)		N/A
Hookworm	0	0%	N/A	N/A	81	30.7% (25.1–36.3)	81	30.7% (25.1–36.3)
Any STH	88	33.3% (27.6–39.1)	N/A	N/A	208	78.8% (73.8–83.8)	222	84.1% (79.7–88.5)
All 3 STH	0	0%	N/A	N/A	63	23.9% (18.7–29.0)	64	24.2% (19.0–29.5)
Any 2 STH	22	8.3% (5.0–11.7)	N/A	N/A	69	26.1% (20.8–31.5)	84	31.8% (26.2–37.5)
A. lumbricoides and T. trichiura*	22	8.3% (5.0–11.7)	N/A	N/A	118	44.7% (38.7–50.7)	134	50.8% (44.7–56.8)
A. lumbricoides and hookworm*	0	0%	N/A	N/A	65	24.6% (19.4–29.9)	65	24.6% (19.4–29.9)
T. trichiura and hookworm*	0	0%	N/A	N/A	75	28.4% (22.9–33.9)	77	29.2% (23.7–34.7)

KK Kato-Katz method, n Number of positive cases, 95% CI 95% confidence interval, AMEPG Arithmetic mean of eggs per gram of faeces in infected children, GMEPG Geometric mean of eggs per gram of faeces in infected children, Any STH Infection with any of the three parasites (A. lumbricoides, T. trichiura, or hookworm), All 3 STH Infection with all three parasites, Any 2 STH Infection with any two of the three parasites, N/A Not applicable; *The number includes children infected with all three STH

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