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Table 3 Description of disability weights for each soil-transmitted helminth species

From: Global numbers of infection and disease burden of soil transmitted helminth infections in 2010

Species

Sequalae and disabling consequences

Infection intensity

Disability weighting

A. lumbricoides

Symptomatic infection

Heavy

0.0296

 

Wasting

Heavy

0.1245

 

Mild abdominopelvic problems

Medium

0.0108

T. trichiura

Symptomatic infection

Heavy

0.0296

 

Wasting

Heavy

0.1245

 

Mild abdominopelvic problems

Medium

0.0108

Hookworm

Mild anaemia

All

0.0041

 

Moderate anaemia

All

0.0056

 

Severe anaemia

All

0.1615

 

Wasting

Heavy

0.1245

 

Mild abdominopelvic problems

Medium

0.0108