Fig 1.
Map of the study area: The health districts Mosango and Yasa Bonga in the Kwilu province, DRC.
Hookworm prevalence of surveyed individuals per village is shown and compared to the hookworm prevalence in SAC. (map generated using QGIS 2.18.2).
Table 1.
The prevalence of SCH and STH infection in the study population.
Fig 2.
Prevalence of STH infection by risk groups PSAC: pre-school aged children, SAC: school aged children, WRA: women of reproductive age and other adults.
* The prevalence of hookworm infection was significantly less in PSAC compared to SAC.
Fig 3.
Intensity of STH infection in the study population.
Classification of intensity of infection for A. lumbricoides light (1–4 999 EPG), moderate (5 000–49 999 EPG) and heavy infection (≥ 50 000 EPG). For T. trichiura light (1–999 EPG), moderate (1 000–9 999 EPG) and heavy infection (≥ 10 000 EPG) and for hookworm light (1–1 999 EPG), moderate (2 000–3 999 EPG) and heavy infection (≥ 4 000 EPG).