Figure 1.
Instruction form on how to collect whole-stool samples for the study.
Figure 2.
Processing of stool samples according to consistency including whole-stool homogenization.
*Sausage-shaped-but-soft samples were processed like in (A) without taking samples from the center.
Figure 3.
Flowchart detailing inclusion and exclusion of study participants and use for the various analysis including helminth prevalences.
n, number of whole-stool samples; N, number of stool pieces.
Table 1.
Helminth prevalences and infection intensities among 125 helminth-positive study participants, from Azaguié, Côte d'Ivoire, in 2010.
Table 2.
Number of stool samples in each consistency category by infection status (any helminth infection), from 222 study participants from Azaguié, Côte d'Ivoire, in 2010.
Table 3.
Mean FECs (expressed as EPGs) in different stool pieces along the length axis of whole-stool samples, among 59 helminth-positive participants from Azaguié, Côte d'Ivoire, in 2010.
Table 4.
Mean eggs per gram (EPG) values in surface and center of stool samples, among 102 helminth-positive participants from Azaguié Côte d'Ivoire, in 2010.