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Table 5 Frequency of credible descriptions of either Ascaris worms or Taenia segments in faeces

From: Recall of intestinal helminthiasis by HIV-infected South Africans and avoidance of possible misinterpretation of egg excretion in worm/HIV co-infection analyses

  

Ascarisworms

Taeniasegments

Group

Descriptions1

n

%2

95% CI

n

%2

95% CI

HIV-positive

103

86

83.5

(75.1, 89.4)

17

16.5

(10.6, 24.9)

HIV-negative

42

35

83.3

(69.4, 91.7)

6

14.3

(6.2, 27.8)

  1. CI = confidence interval.
  2. 1Descriptions of worms were given by 103 and 42 individuals in the respective groups.
  3. 2The differences between the percentages for the two groups are not significant for either Ascaris worms or Taenia segments.
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