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

Table 3

Prevalence of STH and other helminths at the household level.

Species	Number	Prevalence (%)	95% Confidence Interval
STH (n=905)		0.0
Positive	9	1.0	0.5-1.9
Negative	896	99.0
T. trichiura (n=9)
Positive	8	88.9	56.5 - 98.0
Negative	1	11.1
Hookworm (n=9)
Positive	1	11.1	2.0 - 43.5
Negative	8	88.9
Other Parasites
STH / S. mansoni (n=905)
Positive	431	47.6	44.4-50.9
Negative	474	52.4
S. mansoni (n=905)
Positive	425	47.0	43.7-50.2
Negative	480	53.0
H. nana (n=905)
Positive	28	3.1	2.2- 4.4
Negative	877	96.9
Taenia species (n=905)		0.0
Positive	1	0.1	0.0 - 0.6
Negative	904	99.9%