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Table 2 Summary statistics of baseline data by country across both study arms

From: Forecasting the effectiveness of the DeWorm3 trial in interrupting the transmission of soil-transmitted helminths in three study sites in Benin, India and Malawi

Country

India

Malawi

Benin

Overall prevalence

16.6%

7.5%

3.5%

Cluster prevalence range

0.7−60%

1–19%

0.6–21%

Overall mean egg count

4.4

1.5

0.8

Range of mean cluster egg counts

0.04–27

0.02–7.1

0.006–7.6

  1. Mean cluster ranges quoted are absolute ranges across all clusters and mean egg counts are across all tested individuals, not only egg-positive ones. Only hookworm data are shown