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Table 4 Intensity of S. mansoni infection at baseline and follow-up

From: Increasing teacher motivation and supervision is an important but not sufficient strategy for improving praziquantel uptake in Schistosoma mansonicontrol programs: serial cross sectional surveys in Uganda

School (no)

Baseline (N = 1,010)

Follow-up (N = 1,020)

P value

 

n

GM intensity (95% CI)

n

GM intensity (95% CI)

 

1

70

42.7 (10.5–74.9)

75

30.9 (-3.8–65.6))

0.62

2

61

22.6 (7.3–37.9)

70

40.8 (0.8–80.8)

0.42

3

75

35.7 (17.7–53.7)

70

18.3 (9.1–27.5)

0.09

4

55

1255.5 (798.3–1712)

71

778.5 (435.4–1103.5)

0.08

5

31

1419.1 (746.2–2092)

73

541.5 (274.4–808.6)

0.004

6

104

119.2 (61.6–176.8)

100

87.8 (27.4–148.2)

0.46

7

107

64.3 (27.5–101.1)

100

53.0 (25.9–80.1)

0.63

8

107

55.3 (22.7–87.9)

92

22.0 (9.8–34.2)

0.08

9

82

53.1 (7.5–98.7)

71

111.6 (-16.8 –239.9)

0.37

10

104

58.9 (-15.2–133.0)

101

36.1 (19.7–52.5)

0.56

11

110

11.7 (5.9–17.6)

98

34.6 (18.4–50.8)

0.01

12

104

10.1 (3.8–16.2)

99

35.0 (11.9–58.0)

0.03

Total

1010

156.7 (116.9–196.5)

1,020

133.1 (99.0–167.2)

0.38

  1. GM (Geometric mean) intensity is among the positive cases only.