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Volume 23, Number 2—February 2017
Research

Ancylostoma ceylanicum Hookworm in the Solomon Islands

Richard S. BradburyComments to Author , Sze Fui Hii, Humpress Harrington, Richard Speare1, and Rebecca Traub
Author affiliations: Central Queensland University, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia (R.S. Bradbury); University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia (S.F. Hii, R. Traub); Pacific Adventist University, Atoifi, Malaita, Solomon Islands (H. Harrington); Tropical Health Solutions, Townsville, Queensland, Australia (R. Speare); James Cook University, Townsville (R. Speare)

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Table

Prevalence of Ancylostoma ceylanicum and Necator americanus among hookworm egg–positive fecal samples collected in East Kwaio, Solomon Islands, 2013–2014.

All patient samples A. ceylanicum† N. americanus† Total p value
Total no. samples
 12
 55
 66
Patient sex
M 6 27 33 0.78
F 5 27 32
ND
 1
 1
 2
Patient age, y
Mean 30‡ 32§ 32 0.78
Median 30 34 32
Range
 2–65
 5–80
 2–80
Village
Village 1 4 12 16 0.46
Village group 2 8 42 50
Other
 0
 1
 1
STH co-infection
Ascaris lumbricoides 5 20 25 0.75
Trichuris trichiura 1 5 6 1.00
Both 0 5 5 0.58

*ND, no data; STH, soil-transmitted helminth.
†Includes 1 mixed sample.
‡Two samples excluded from analysis because no data for age were recorded.
§Four samples excluded from analysis because no data for age were recorded.

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1Deceased.

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