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Table 2 Details of the studies that measured intensity across all ages

From: Epidemiological surveys of, and research on, soil-transmitted helminths in Southeast Asia: a systematic review

First Author

Year

Country

Sample size

Parasite species

Diagnostic method

Intensity measure

Bakta

1993

Indonesia

2331

hk

KK

EPG

Higgins

1984

Indonesia

227

asc, tri, hk

MM

EPG

Joe

1959

Indonesia

664

asc, tri, hk

AUT

Mean worm burden

Margono

1983

Indonesia

276

asc, tri, hk

KK

EPG

Phongluxa

2013

Lao PDR

574

asc, tri, hk

KK

EPG (geo mean)

Rahman

1994

Malaysia

204

asc, tri, hk

KK

EPG

Yogore

1953

Philippines

229

asc, tri, hk

DM

EPM

Preuksaraj

1983

Thailand

43341

asc, tri, hk

KK/ST

EPG

Sadun

1953

Thailand

219

hk

DM/ST

EPM

Sadun

1955

Thailand

13469

hk

DM/ST

EPG

Bethony

1998

Thailand

641

hk

NS

EPG

King

2005

Vietnam

201

asc

ELISA

EPG

Needham

1998

Vietnam

543

asc, tri, hk

KK

EPG

Hlaing

1990

Myanmar

2826

asc

DM/FEC/KK

EPG

Hlaing

1984

Myanmar

783

asc

DM/FEC/KK

EPG

Hpay

1970

Myanmar

571

asc, tri

DM/FEC/ST

Mean worm burden

Tu

1970

Myanmar

671

asc, tri

DM/FEC/ST

Mean worm burden

  1. EPG eggs per gram, EPG (geo mean) geometric mean of eggs per gram, EPM eggs per millilitre. Asc Ascaris lumbricoides, tri Trichuris trichiura, hk Hookworm. KK Kato-Katz method. MM McMaster method. NS Not stated. AUT Autopsy method. DM Direct microscopy method. ST Stoll technique. ELISA Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. FEC Formalin-ether concentration method