Fig 1.
Flow diagram of data collection and study methods.
ALB = albendazole, DEC = diethylcarbamazine citrate, GPELF = Global Programme to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis, LF = lymphatic filariasis, MDA = mass drug administration, STH = soil-transmitted helminths. Adapted with permission from the supplementary information of Dunn et al. (2017) [28].
Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of study participants–individuals and households.
Table 2.
Number of positive individuals (n), prevalence (%) and infection intensity of each soil-transmitted helminth species (overall n = 523).
Fig 2.
Risk ratios of STH prevalence between surveys.
Blue = 4 months reinfection (survey 1 to survey 2). Red = 6 months reinfection (survey 2 to survey 3). * P ≤ 0.05, ** P ≤ 0.01, *** P ≤ 0.001 –black asterisks represent statistical significance of each risk ratio, green asterisks represent statistical difference between risk ratios for each group. Horizontal lines represent 95% confidence intervals. Pre-SAC = preschool-aged children (2–4 years old), SAC = school-aged children (5–14 years old), Adult = 15+ years old. No Ascaris lumbricoides infections were found in pre-SAC for all surveys, therefore no points are presented.
Table 3.
Percentage and number (n) of individual infections between infection and intensity groups (overall n = 523).
Fig 3.
Mean change in eggs per gram of faeces (EPG) by age group.
Blue bars = 4 months reinfection (survey 1 to survey 2). Red bars = 6 months reinfection (survey 2 to survey 3). Vertical lines represent 95% confidence intervals.
Table 4.
Kendall’s Tau-b correlation coefficients for individual participants’ egg counts between surveys.