Long Term School Based Deworming against Soil-Transmitted Helminths Also Benefits the Untreated Adult Population: Results from a Community-Wide Cross Sectional Survey

Table 2

Prevalence of STH and other helminths among the study participants.

Species	Number	Prevalence (%)	95% Confidence Interval
STH (n=3292)
Positive	13	0.4	0.2 - 0.7
Negative	3279	99.6
T. trichiura (n=13)
Positive	12	92.3	66.7 - 98.6
Negative	1	7.7
Hookworm (n=13)
Positive	1	7.7	1.4 - 33.3
Negative	12	92.3
Other Helminths
S. mansoni (n=3292)
Positive	663	20.1	18.8 - 21.5
Negative	2629	79.9
H. nana (n=3292)
Positive	29	0.9	0.6 - 1.3
Negative	3263	99.1
Taenia (n=3292)
Positive	1	<0.1
Negative	3291