11 research outputs found
Flow diagram of the participants and size of surveillance samples enrolled along the study.
<p>*In Lapacho Alto community 9 months went by between the first and the second intervention and 14 months between second and third intervention. âIn Kilometro 6 the period between first and second intervention was 9 months and between second and third intervention was 20 months.</p
Comparison of relative IgG titers against <i>S</i>. <i>stercoralis</i>, between baseline and first and second follow-up*.
<p>* Relative IgG titers (measured IgG units/selected cutoff) reported.</p
Adjusted Odds Ratios and 95% Confidence Intervals of risk factors associated with skin-penetrators and orally-ingested STH infection (n = 771)*.
<p>* The model was corrected for the possible confounders of age and sex.</p
Characteristics of the study groups of soil transmitted helminths infection (n = 771).
<p>*: Crude odds ratio reported.</p><p>Characteristics of the study groups of soil transmitted helminths infection (n = 771).</p
Description of the baseline STH prevalence and coverage of the first Preventive Chemotherapy (PC) campaign by community.
<p>Description of the baseline STH prevalence and coverage of the first Preventive Chemotherapy (PC) campaign by community.</p
Map of the study location, OrĂĄn, Tartagal and Pichanal, Northeast of Salta province, Argentina.
<p>Map of the study location, OrĂĄn, Tartagal and Pichanal, Northeast of Salta province, Argentina.</p
Comparison of baseline measurements between subjects of the surveillance group infected and uninfected with hookworm and S. stercoralis (n = 397).
<p>Comparison of baseline measurements between subjects of the surveillance group infected and uninfected with hookworm and S. stercoralis (n = 397).</p
Demographic and epidemiologic characteristics of the study population, N = 771.
<p>â : Preschool-age children (1 to 4 years old).</p><p>âĄ: School-age children (5 to 14 years old).</p><p>âą: Adolescents and adults (â„ 15 years old).</p><p>*Categorization of water supply and sanitation as improved or unimproved is based in the WHO/UNICEF JMP definitions [<a href="http://www.plosntds.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004111#pntd.0004111.ref026" target="_blank">26</a>,<a href="http://www.plosntds.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004111#pntd.0004111.ref027" target="_blank">27</a>].</p><p>Demographic and epidemiologic characteristics of the study population, N = 771.</p
Distribution of sanitation facilities and water supply available in the study population (n = 771).
<p>A) Sanitation facilities. B) Water sources.</p
Correlation between hookwormÂŽs infection intensity and hemoglobin level.
<p>Correlation between hookwormÂŽs infection intensity and hemoglobin level.</p