The Incidence, Intensity, and Risk Factors for Soil Transmissible Helminthes Infections among Waste Handlers in a Large Coastal Periurban Settlement in Southern Ghana
Table 2
Intensity of STH infections, 90 and 180 days after albendazole treatment, categorized by the type of waste handling activities.
Type of activity
n
Intensity of helminthes infection (mean egg per gram (epg))
SDa egg per gram/180 days posttreatment
90 days/Posttreatment
180 days/Posttreatment
Sweeping
51
—b
0 (0.0)
0.0
Disposal
18
—
0 (0.0)
0.0
Collection
12
—
1 (8.0)
20.8
Transportation
5
—
2 (33.6)
44.1
Sweeping and disposal
6
—
0 (0.0)
0.0
Sweeping and collection
69
—
5 (6.6)
28.0
Collection and disposal
36
—
2 (1.3)
5.5
Sweeping, collection, and disposal
83
—
2 (0.3)
2.6
aSD, standard deviation; bno STH infections after 90 days of treatment.