Table 2.
Percent of stools
tested found positive for various helminth eggs.
Positive
Trichuris
A.
Ascaris
Hookworm
Negative
No.
tested
Percent of
total group
tested
Rongelap Atoll, 1977-1979, Group aged 2-14 years (estimated total
persons = 106)
Jun 77
80.2
38.5
1.0
15.6
96
90
Jan
22.7
3.4
0.0
76.1
88
83
Sep
Rx (Jun)
Rx (Sep)
78
Rx (Jan)
78
20.0
4.6
0.0
76.9
65
6l
Sep 79
68.2
22.7
0.90
18.2
22
21
B.
Jun
Rongelap Atoll, 1977-1979, Group aged >15 years (estimated total
persons = 74)
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,
persons = 136)
Mar 78
Rx (Mar)
Sep
1978-1979, Group aged 2-14 years (estimated total
100
44.9
0
0
29
21
78
97.0
23.4
0
1.6
64
46
Sep 79
96.4
18.8
3.7
3.7
53
39
D.
Rx (Sep)
Rx (Jan)
Utirik Atoll,
persons = 128)
1978-1979, Group aged >15 years (estimated total
Mar 78
83.9
10.8
5.4
16.2
37
29
Sep
78
88.5
11.5
3.8
7.7
26
20
79
92.4
15.4
0
7.7
26
20
sep
Rx (Mar)
Rx (Sep)
Rx (Jan)
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