Table 5 Egg reduction rates for Hookworm, Ascaris lumbricoides and Trichuris trichiura infection with WHO thresholds
Infection intensity | Hookworm | A. lumbricoides | T. trichiura | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total n | ERR (%) | WHO reference threshold | Total n | ERR (%) | WHO reference threshold | Total n | ERR (%) | WHO reference threshold | |
Light | 109 | 98.8 |  ≥ 90% | 550 | 40 |  ≥ 95% | 441 | 72.1 |  ≥ 50% |
Moderate | 0 | 0 | 240 | 87.3 | 14 | 61.2 | |||
Heavy | 0 | 0 | 24 | 98.9 | 0 | 0 | |||
Overall | 109 | 98.8 | 814 | 84.5 | 455 | 68.3 | |||