Table 2.
Percent of stools tested found positive for various helminth eggs.
Positive
Trichuris
A.
Hookworm
Negative’
tested
Percent of
total group
tested
Rongelap Atoll, 1977-1979, Group aged 2-14 years (estimated total
persons = 106)
Jun 77
Rx (Jun)
80.2
Rx (Sep)
Jan 78
Rx (Jan)
Sep 78
Sep 79
B.
Ascaris
No.
Rongelap Atoll,
persons = 74)
Jun 77
Rx (Jun)
1.0
3.4
4.6
22.7
96
90
0.0
88
83°
0.90
0.0
65
22
61
21
15.6
1977-1979, Group aged >15 years (estimated total
62.4
Rx (Sep)
Jan 78
Rx (Jan)
Sep 78
Sep 79
38.5
12.5
67
90
0.0
58
78
0.0
0.0
42
16
57
22
4.4
2.9
0.0
2.3
6.2
34.3
Utirik Atoll, 1978-1979, Group aged 2-14 years (estimated total
persons = 136)
Mar 78
Rx (Mar)
Sep 78
Rx (Sep)
Rx (Jan)
Sep 79
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
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
Sep 79
92.4
15.4
0
7.7
26
20
Rx (Mar)
Rx (Jan)
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