Table 1.
Description of trial data: Age group included, treatments tested, sample sizes and arithmetic mean of averaged egg counts per gram of stool (EPG) averaged on the four slides at baseline (BL) and follow-up (FU).
Fig 1.
Graphical representation of the model.
Numbers in brackets indicate equation numbers as given in the text below and in S2 Appendix.
Table 2.
Description of parameters used in the model.
Table 3.
Estimates of CRs and ERRs among different trials obtained from raw data.
Table 4.
Posterior estimates (mean, 95% BCI) for CR and ERR.
Fig 2.
Estimated and observed cure rates (CRs) and egg reduction rates (ERRs).
Posterior mean and 95% Bayesian credible interval of the CR and the ERR (arithmetic mean) for the different treatment arms for hookworm. The black dots show the observed data.
Fig 3.
Sensitivity of the Kato-Katz thick smear technique for hookworm for one, two, and four Kato-Katz thick smears.
The lines show the posterior mean estimate and the shaded areas indicate the 95% Bayesian credible interval.