Volume 27, Number 9—September 2021
Research
Geographically Targeted Interventions versus Mass Drug Administration to Control Taenia solium Cysticercosis, Peru
Table 1
Village and household characteristics at baseline in each arm of a study on control of Taenia solium cysticercosis, Peru*
Characteristics | Ring screening |
Ring treatment |
Mass treatment |
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Pig treatment | No pig treatment | Pig treatment | No pig treatment | Pig treatment | No pig treatment | |||
No. villages |
4 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
3 |
4 |
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Human residents | 1,736 (16.5) | 1,741 (16.5) | 1,796 (17.0) | 1,885 (17.9) | 1,665 (15.8) | 1,728 (16.4) | ||
Residents >2 y of age |
1,662 (16.5) |
1,666 (16.5) |
1,736 (17.2) |
1,789 (17.7) |
1,594 (15.8) |
1,647 (16.3) |
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No. pigs at baseline | 457 | 556 | 349 | 395 | 369 | 305 | ||
Seropositive pigs |
194 (42.5) |
224 (40.3) |
148 (42.4) |
190 (48.1) |
141 (38.2) |
96 (31.5) |
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Households | 444 (16.9) | 466 (17.7) | 416 (15.8) | 454 (17.3) | 403 (15.3) | 444 (16.9) | ||
Latrine | 249 (58.1) | 346 (74.3) | 249 (59.9) | 311 (68.5) | 330 (81.9) | 341 (76.8) | ||
Treated water source | 394 (88.7) | 427 (91.6) | 291 (70.0) | 352 (77.5) | 357 (88.6) | 350 (78.8) | ||
Raise pigs | 230 (51.8) | 251 (53.9) | 217 (52.2) | 241 (53.1) | 178 (44.2) | 253 (57.0) | ||
Corral for pigs | 146 (63.5) | 132 (52.6) | 82 (37.8) | 118 (49.0) | 114 (64.0) | 107 (42.3) |
*Values are no. (%), except as indicated.