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Table 3 Intensity of Ascaris infection based upon numbers of infected people with cut-offs for low, medium or high intensity infection

From: Global prevalence of Ascaris infection in humans (2010–2021): a systematic review and meta-analysis

 

Number of datasets

Number of people screened (total)

Number of test positive people

Intensity of infection

Low, % (95% CI)

Moderate, % (95% CI)

High, % (95% CI)

Global

 Central and Southern Asia

8

20,771

5891

88.54 (73.39–98.19)

9.43 (1.50–21.93)

0.62 (0.01–0.63)

 Eastern and South-Eastern Asia

36

405,721

7893

66.59 (56.04–76.45)

24.67 (17.77–32.19)

3.80 (1.07–7.59)

 Latin America and the Caribbean

19

12,005

2769

55.96 (48.28–63.51)

31.20 (24.01–38.88)

8.35 (3.88–14.11)

 Sub-Saharan Africa

81

143,231

14,642

83.31 (78.95–87.31)

12.22 (9.15–15.59)

0.26 (0.01–0.97)

Year of publication

 2010–2013

31

26,710

4429

70.51 (59.43–80.57)

20.93 (13.82–28.95)

3.32 (1.11–6.31)

 2013–2017

50

72,982

13,153

77.94 (69.83–85.19)

15.15 (10.16–20.80)

1.41 (0.11–3.62)

 2018–2021

64

482,619

13,924

77.55 (72.13–82.59)

17.78 (13.82–22.07)

1.43 (0.44–2.79)

  1. CI, confidence interval