Research Article
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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