Table 2.
Percent of stools tested found positive for various helminth eggs.
Positive
Trichuris
A.
Rongelap Atoll,
persons = 106)
Jun 77
Rx (Jun)
.
Rx (Sep)
Ascaris
Hookworm
Negative’
No.
tested
Percent of
total group
tested
1977-1979, Group aged 2-14 years (estimated total
80.2
.
38.5
1.0
15.6
96
390
Jan 78
22.7
3.4
0.0
76.1
88
83
Sep 78
Sep 79
20.0
68.2
4.6
22.7
0.0
0.0
76.9
18.2
65
22
61
21
Rx (Jan)
B.
Rongelap Atoll, 1977-1979, Group aged >15 years (estimated total
persons = 74)
Jun 77
62.4
4.4
2.9
34.3
67
90
Jan 78
8.6
0.0
0.0
91.3
58
78
Sep 78
Sep 79
2.3
12.5
2.3
6.2
0.0
0.0
92.8
75.0
42
16
57
22
Rx (Jun)
Rx (Sep)
Rx (Jan)
C.
Utirik Atoll, 1978-1979, Group aged 2-14 years (estimated total
persons = 136)
Mar 78
Rx (Mar)
Sep 78
Rx (Sep)
100
44.9
0
0
29
21
97.0
23.4
0
1.6
64
46
96.4
18.8
3.7
3.7
53
39
.
Rx (Jan)
Sep
79
D.
Utirik Atoll, 1978-1979, Group aged >15 years (estimated total
persons = 128)
Mar 78
83.9
10.8
5.4
16.2
37
29
Sep 78
Rx (Sep)
88.5
11.5
3.8
7.7
26
20
92.4
15.4
0
7.7
26
20
Rx (Mar)
Rx (Jan)
Sep 79
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