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

Table 4

Intensity of STH and other helminths.

Species	Number	%
STH
T. trichiura (n=12)
Range (Min -max)	12 - 72
Median (Interquartile range (IQR))	12 (12 – 12)
Light (1-999 epg)	12	100.0
Moderate (1,000 - 9,999 epg)	0	0.0
Heavy (≥10,000 epg)	0	0.0
Other Helminths
S. mansoni (n=663)
Range (Min -max)	12 - 5244
Median (Interquartile range (IQR))	60 (24 - 156)
Light (1-99 epg)	433	65.3
Moderate (100 - 399 epg)	150	22.6
Heavy (≥400 epg)	80	12.1
H. nana (n=29)
Range (Min -max)	408 - 15480
Median (Interquartile range (IQR))	12240 (606 - 3468)