From: Helminth infection in southern Laos: high prevalence and low awareness
Item | n (%) | Male | Female | <6 | 6-15 | 16-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50-59 | 60+ |
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Opisthorchis viverrini | 509 (88.7) | 91.2 | 86.1 | 72.6 | 87.0 | 88.8 | 91.3 | 98.3 | 95.2 | 100 |
GM faecal egg count (range), EPG: | 925* (24 – 69,648) | 1100.3 | 771.5 | 221.6 | 406.0 | 1337.9 | 1388.7 | 2508.7 | 1890.7 | 2162.9 |
Intensity infection: | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Light (1–999 EPG) | 261 (51.3) | 47.7 | 55.0 | 88.7 | 70.9 | 45.0 | 36.9 | 28.1 | 30.0 | 33.3 |
 Moderate (1000–9999 EPG) | 184 (36.1) | 38.1 | 34.1 | 9.43 | 23.9 | 40.5 | 48.8 | 49.1 | 50.0 | 43.3 |
 Heavy (≥10000 EPG) | 64 (12.6) | 14.2 | 10.8 | 1.9 | 5.2 | 14.4 | 14.3 | 22.8 | 20.0 | 23.3 |
Hookworm | 497 (86.6) | 88.8 | 84.4 | 71.2 | 87.0 | 86.4 | 92.4 | 86.2 | 92.9 | 96.7 |
GM faecal egg count (range), EPG: | 446.5* (24 – 38,880) | 492.2 | 403.6 | 342.1 | 393.5 | 443.9 | 538.7 | 381.4 | 543.1 | 768.5 |
Intensity of infection: | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Light (1–1999 EPG) | 426 (85.7) | 84.6 | 86.9 | 90.4 | 86.6 | 88.9 | 77.6 | 96 | 79.5 | 75.9 |
 Moderate (2000–3999 EPG) | 33 (6.6) | 8.3 | 4.9 | 3.8 | 7.5 | 3.7 | 10.6 | 0.0 | 15.4 | 6.9 |
 Heavy (≥4000 EPG) | 38 (7.7) | 7.1 | 8.2 | 5.8 | 5.9 | 7.4 | 11.8 | 4.0 | 5.1 | 17.2 |
Trichuris trichiura | 189 (32.9) | 37.5 | 28.4 | 38.4 | 35.1 | 29.6 | 29.4 | 37.9 | 33.3 | 23.3 |
GM faecal egg count (range), EPG: | 189.6* (24 – 10,800) | 179.9 | 202.9 | 187.9 | 179.1 | 221.4 | 156.3 | 253.5 | 128.8 | 246.2 |
Intensity of infection: | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Light (1–999 EPG) | 164 (86.8) | 85.9 | 87.8 | 92.9 | 81.5 | 86.5 | 88.9 | 90.9 | 92.9 | 71.4 |
 Moderate (1000–9999 EPG) | 24 (12.7) | 14.0 | 10.9 | 7.1 | 16.7 | 13.5 | 11.1 | 9.1 | 7.1 | 28.6 |
 Heavy (≥10000 EPG) | 1 (0.5) | 0 | 1.2 | 0 | 1.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ascaris lumbricoides | 56 (9.8) | 8.1 | 11.4 | 19.2 | 8.4 | 9.6 | 7.6 | 8.6 | 4.8 | 10.0 |
GM faecal egg count (range), EPG: | 2984.5* (96 – 178,080) | 3031.2 | 2952.4 | 6566.2 | 6691.1 | 757.1 | 4416.9 | 656.1 | 1515.4 | 4321.5 |
Intensity of infection: | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Light (1–4999 EPG) | 35 (62.7) | 65.2 | 60.6 | 42.9 | 53.8 | 83.3 | 57.1 | 100 | 50.0 | 66.7 |
 Moderate (5000–49999 EPG) | 15 (26.8) | 21.7 | 30.3 | 42.9 | 23.1 | 16.7 | 28.6 | 0 | 50.0 | 33.3 |
 Heavy (≥50000 EPG) | 6 (10.7) | 13.0 | 9.1 | 14.3 | 23.1 | 0 | 14.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Taenia sp. | 66 (11.5) | 11.6 | 11.4 | 6.8 | 5.8 | 13.6 | 14.1 | 15.5 | 21.4 | 13.3 |