Seroprevalence of Cysticercosis in Children and Young Adults Living in a Helminth Endemic Community in Leyte, the Philippines

Table 1

The prevalence of the four helminth infections in the study sample.

Category	Variable	Number of	Percent	95% CI*
		positives	Positive (%)	(%)
Helminth infected	S. japonicum	422	84.9	81.5−88.0
	Ascaris	353	71.0	66.8−75.0
	Trichuris	460	92.6	89.9−94.7
	Hookworm	259	52.1	47.6−56.6
Multiple helminth infections	None	2	0.4	0.5−1.5
	One	31	6.2	4.3−8.7
	Two	100	20.1	16.7−23.9
	Three	193	38.8	34.5−43.3
	Four	171	34.4	30.2−38.8

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