TABLE 3
Soil‐transmitted helminth species‐specific prevalence, prevalence of moderate‐and‐heavy intensity (MHI) infection and mean intensity at 6‐months postpartum, by intervention group, Iquitos, Peru (August–December 2014)
| Species | Albendazole | Placebo | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n = 107a | n = 93a | |||
| Ascaris lumbricoides | ||||
| Prevalence % (95% CI) | 11.2 | (6.4, 18.8) | 32.3 | (23.5, 42.5)*** |
| Prevalence of MHI % (95% CI) | 2.8 | (0.9, 8.4) | 8.6 | (4.3, 16.4) |
| Intensity (mean epgb) (95% CI) | 2143.6 | (815.2, 5636.5) | 2998.8 | (1833.8, 4903.9) |
| Trichuris trichiura | ||||
| Prevalence % (95% CI) | 20.6 | (13.9, 29.4) | 32.3 | (23.5, 42.5) |
| Prevalence of MHI % (95% CI) | 0.9 | (0.1, 6.5) | 2.2 | (0.5, 8.3) |
| Intensity (mean epgb) (95% CI) | 172.0 | (122.9, 240.8) | 184.5 | (135.3, 251.7) |
| Hookworm | ||||
| Prevalence % (95% CI) | 0.9 | (0.1, 6.5) | 7.5 | (3.6, 15.1)* |
| Prevalence of MHI % (95% CI)c | 0 | 0 | ||
| Intensity (mean epgb) (95% CI) | N/Ad | 82.8 | (37.6, 182.3) | |
| Any STH | ||||
| Prevalence % (95% CI) | 26.2 | (18.6, 35.4) | 48.4 | (38.3, 58.6)** |
Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; epg, eggs per gram; MHI, moderate‐and‐heavy intensity.
a
Includes mothers who provided a stool specimen at the 6‐month visit (107 in the albendazole group and 93 in the placebo group).
b
Geometric mean among infected only.
c
At the 6‐month time point, no participants were infected with moderate‐and‐heavy hookworm infection.
d
Mean epg cannot be calculated because there was only a single hookworm‐positive specimen in the albendazole group.
Asterisks highlight significant P‐values:
*< 0.05.
**< 0.01.
***< 0.001.