Safety of a New Chewable Formulation of Mebendazole for Preventive Chemotherapy Interventions to Treat Young Children in Countries with Moderate-to-High Prevalence of Soil Transmitted Helminth Infections

Table 2

Prevalence of soil-transmitted helminth infections based on the baseline egg counts evaluation.

	2–5 years old	6–10 years old	Total
	(𝑁=271)	(𝑁=125)	(𝑁=396)
Parasitic infections, 𝑛 (%)
𝑁	240	112	352
No infection	124 (52)	33 (29)	157 (45)
A. lumbricoides	2 (1)	1 (1)	3 (1)
T. trichiura	77 (32)	45 (40)	122 (35)
Hookworm^#	5 (2)	6 (5)	11 (3)
A. lumbricoides and T. trichiura	9 (4)	4 (4)	13 (4)
T. trichiura and hookworm^#	20 (8)	18 (16)	38 (11)
A. lumbricoides, T. trichiura, and hookworm^#	3 (1)	5 (4)	8 (2)

Children with no baseline egg count evaluations are not included in the table.
^#Necator americanus and Acylostoma duodenale.