Table 1 |
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Description of prevalence surveys included in the Atlas |
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Burundi |
Kenya |
Rwanda |
Tanzania |
Uganda |
Total |
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Total number of surveys identified |
41 |
1,329 |
138 |
410 |
694 |
2,612 |
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Number individuals surveyed |
21,971 |
212,910 |
20,665 |
49,638 |
55,092 |
360,276 |
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Number of surveys reporting data on STH |
31 (75.6) |
856 (64.4) |
134 (97.1) |
321 (78.3) |
606 (87.3) |
1,948 (74.6) |
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Hookworm |
31 (75.6) |
847 (63.7) |
134 (97.1) |
321 (78.3) |
571 (82.3)) |
1,904 (72.9) |
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Ascaris lumbricoides |
31 (75.6) |
842 (63.4) |
134 (97.1) |
319 (77.8) |
572 (82.4) |
1,898 (72.7) |
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Trichuris trichiura |
31 (75.6) |
785 (59.1) |
134 (97.1) |
319 (77.8) |
571 (82.3) |
1,840 (70.4) |
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Number of surveys reporting data on schistosomiasis |
41 (100) |
1,175 (88.4) |
138 (100) |
357 (87.1) |
694 (100) |
2,405 (92.1) |
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Schistosoma haematobium |
31(75.6) |
625 (47.0) |
134 (97.1) |
345 (84.2) |
66 (9.5) |
1,170 (44.8) |
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S. mansoni |
41 (100) |
661 (49.7) |
138 (100) |
267 (65.1) |
656 (94.5) |
1,763 (67.5) |
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Sources of survey |
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Published paper |
41 (100) |
277 (20.8) |
4 (2.9) |
375 (91.5) |
399 (57.5) |
1,096 (42.0) |
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Unpublished report |
0 (0.0) |
39 (2.9) |
0 (0.0) |
3 (0.7) |
0 (0.0) |
42 (1.6) |
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MoH report |
0 (0.0) |
904 (68.0) |
0 (0.0) |
0 (0.0) |
0 (0.0) |
904 (34.6) |
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Personal communication |
0 (0.0) |
108 (8.1) |
134 (97.1) |
7 (1.7) |
295 (42.5) |
544 (20.8) |
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Thesis |
0 (0.0) |
1 (0.1) |
0 (0.0) |
25 (6.1) |
0 (0.0) |
26 (1.0) |
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Stool examination method |
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Kato-Katz |
41(100) |
471 (51.3) |
134 (97.1) |
328 (100) |
652 (99.4) |
1,626 (78.1) |
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Formalin-ether and other concentration techniques1 |
0 (0.0) |
22 (2.4) |
0 (0.0) |
0 (0.0) |
1 (0.2) |
2 (1.1) |
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Direct smear |
0 (0.0) |
26 (2.8) |
0 (0.0) |
0 (0.0) |
0 (0.0) |
26 (1.3) |
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Unknown |
0 (0.0) |
401 (43.6) |
4 (2.9) |
0 (0.0) |
3 (0.5) |
408 (19.6) |
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Urine examination method |
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Urine filtration |
31(100) |
136 (21.7) |
134 (100) |
316 (91.6) |
38 (57.6) |
624 (53.3) |
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Centrifugation and sedimentation |
0 (0.0) |
0 (0.0) |
0 (0.0) |
2 (0.6) |
0 (0.0) |
2 (0.2) |
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Reagent strips |
0 (0.0) |
47 (7.5) |
0 (0.0) |
26 (7.5) |
0 (0.0) |
73 (6.2) |
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Circulating cathodic antigens |
0 (0.0) |
0 (0.0) |
0 (0.0) |
1 (0.3) |
27 (40.9) |
28 (2.4) |
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Unknown |
0 (0.0) |
442 (70.7) |
0 (0.0) |
0 (0.0) |
1 (1.5) |
443 (37.9) |
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Location of surveys |
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Schools |
32 (78.1) |
1,224 (92.1) |
134 (97.1) |
383 (93.4) |
589 (84.9) |
2,362 (90.4) |
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Communities |
0 (0.0) |
78 (5.9) |
4 (2.9) |
27 (6.6) |
100 (14.4) |
209 (8.0) |
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Other |
9 (22.0) |
27 (2.0) |
0 (0.0) |
0 (0.0) |
5 (0.7) |
41 (1.6) |
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Rural |
32 (78.1) |
1,251 (94.1) |
130 (94.2) |
373 (91.0) |
631 (90.9) |
2,417 (92.5) |
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Urban |
5 (12.2) |
25 (1.9) |
6 (4.4) |
21 (5.1) |
55 (7.9) |
112 (4.3) |
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Peri-Urban |
4 (9.8) |
53 (4.0) |
2 (1.5) |
16 (3.9) |
8 (1.2) |
83 (3.2) |
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Age ranges examined |
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0–4 years |
0 (0.0) |
37 (2.8) |
0 (0.0) |
23 (5.6) |
24 (3.5) |
84 (3.2) |
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5–16 years |
41 (100) |
1,209 (91.0) |
134 (97.1) |
366 (89.3) |
593 (85.5) |
2,343 (89.7) |
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16+ years |
0 (0.0) |
3 (0.2) |
0 (0.0) |
6 (1.5) |
0 (0.0) |
9 (0.3) |
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All ages |
0 (0.0) |
80 (6.0) |
4 (2.9) |
15 (3.7) |
77 (11.1) |
176 (6.7) |
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Brooker et al. International Journal of Health Geographics 2009 8:42 doi:10.1186/1476-072X-8-42 |
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