Figure 1.
Study profile and compliance among 3810 individuals from 6 schistosomiasis endemic barangay in Palapag, Northern Samar, the Philippines.
All individuals aged ≥4 were invited to participate in the study by providing stool samples for parasitological examination.
Figure 2.
Map of the Philippines showing Northern Samar province highlighted green (Left).
Map of the municipality of Palapag, showing barangay locations and rivers (Right). [48]
Table 1.
Prevalence and infection intensity (GMEPG**) of S. japonicum in subjects from Palapag by gender, age and barangay.
Table 2.
Cross tabulation comparison of Kato-Katz and qPCR results.
Table 3.
Association between the EPG determined by the KK and qPCR.
Table 4.
Egg recovery for microscopic validation of qPCR and comparison with the KK and qPCR.