Multi-parallel qPCR provides increased sensitivity and diagnostic breadth for gastrointestinal parasites of humans: field-based inferences on the impact of mass deworming

Table 1 STH prevalence and intensity at baseline and at follow-up 3 months after albendazole therapy

	A. lumbricoides		N. americanus
	Baseline	Follow-up	Baseline	Follow-up
Percent infected (by qPCR)	14	3	18	4
Percent infected (by KK)	9	1	6	1
Mean DNA concentration in stool (μg/μL)	15	1	301	14
Mean EPG	677	96	8	0

The percent of people infected with each species, and the mean intensity of infection, is measured at baseline and follow-up from the 633 individuals with KK and qPCR results at both time points. For qPCR, the mean intensity is measured in μg/μL, and for KK, it is measured in EPG

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