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Table 2 An overview of the extracted data considered for final analysis

From: Prevalence and distribution of soil-transmitted helminth infections in India

S.No.

Author [cite ID] Year

Study Design

Study Date

Location

Sample Size

Age Group

STH (%)

Technique

AL

TT

HW

Kashmir

 1

Wani [11]

2008

Cross sectional

March-Nov. 2007

Kashmir valley

2256

0–15

68.3

27.92

--

Direct smear, zinc sulphate flotation, stolls egg counting technique.

 2

Wani [12]

2010

Cross sectional

ND

Gurez valley

352

1–15

71.18

26.42

--

Kato-Katz thick smear technique

 3

Wani [13]

2007

Cross sectional

ND

Kupwara

312

4–15

69.23

30.76

--

Direct smear and zinc sulphate flotation concentration

 4

Singh [14]

2010

Cross sectional

Jan 2002 to Dec 2003

Srinagar

514

5–14

28

5

--

Iodine staining, Saline or zinc sulphate centrifugal floatation or sedimentation techniques

Delhi

 5

Ranjan [15]

2013

Cross sectional

Nov-Jan.

Civil lines zone

347

5–15

8.1

3.7

3.7

Semi quantitative katokatz technique

Chandigarh

 6

Sehgal [16]

2010

Cross sectional

Oct-Nov 2007

Urban slums

87

Pregnant women

3.4

--

--

Direct wet smear

Uttarakhand

 7

Bora [17]

2006

Cross sectional

August 2005

Pauri Garhwal,

257

9–10

28.8

1.9

5.1

Kato-katz technique

Himachal Pradesh

 8

Barda [18]

2013

Cross srctional

Jan-Apr 2012

Dharamshala

80

11–15

11.3

  

Direct smear, Formolether concentration, mini-FLOTAC

Uttar Pradesh

 9

Bisht [19]

2011

Cross sectional

June 2008 – Dec. 2009

Ghaziabad

335

<14

2.4

1.8

1.2

Normal saline, lugol iodine

 10

Rashid [20]

2011

Cross sectional

Jan.-June 2010

Bareilly

320

5–16

9.68

1.56

 

Direct wet smear examination

 11

Nitin [21]

2007

Cross sectional

May 2004-May 2006

Lucknow Alambagh, Mati

1071

1.5–85

A-0.6

M-2.4

--

M-0.7

Wet mount examination

 12

Awasthi [22]

2008

Cross sectional

July-Sept.2007

Gyanpur

909

14.56 months mean age

41.9

2.6

6.1

Formol ether

Madhya Pradesh

 13

Tripathi [23]

2014

Cross sectional

July-Aug 2013

Kajli Kheda, Bhopal

300

6–12

4

--

0.02

Saline wet mount,

Iodine wet mount

Rajasthan

 14

Choubisa [24]

2012

Cross sectional

Oct.2010-Sep. 2011

Udaipur

224

Below 60

4.46

0.44

0.89

Lugol iodine, formol ether concentration

Gujarat

 15

Shobha [25]

2013

Cross sectional

Feb-Dec 2008

Urban slum, Baroda

880

<1 to >25

2.04

--

0.11

Wet smear (saline mount) examination and iodine mount. Formalin—ether sedimentation concentration

 16

Lakhani [26]

2013

Cross sectional

Jun-Oct

Piparia Village, Vadodara District

140

6–12

3.6

0.7

3.6

Saline wet mounts as well as Lugol’s Iodine wet mounts, Formol ether concentration technique

Bihar

 17

Pandey [27]

2013

Cross sectional

ND

Terai belt

404

5–65

45.79

--

8.16

Saline and iodine wet mount

 18

Greenland [28]

2015

Cross sectional

Jan-Feb 2011

Araria, Aurangabad, Muzaffarpur and Gopalganj

1157

4–17

51.9

4.7

41.8

Kato-Katz smear

Jharkhand

 

Awasthi [22]

2008

Cross sectional

July-Sept. 2007

Murhu

909

14.56 months mean age

22.3

2.6

1.5

Formol ether

Assam

 19

Narain [29]

2004

Cross sectional

ND

Upper Assam

265

2-all ages

55

59

45

Formol-ether concentration method

 20

Traub [30]

2004

Cross sectional

July-Sept. 2000

Phulbari

Addabarie

Balipara

328

0–60 year

38

43

43

Water sedimentation technique followed by zinc sulphate centrifugation, katokatz technique

 21

These [31]

2009

Cross sectional

Feb-Sept 2008

Dibrugarh

1029

5 to 13

63

19

1.7

Direct and formal ether concentration methods

 22

Sharma [32]

2012

Cross sectional

ND

Barpeta, Bongaigaon,

Kamrup, Dibrugarh

2499

Adolescent girls,

Mean

13.6 ± 1.1

10.6

6.2

3.9

Formalin-ether method

Manipur

 23

Singh [33]

2004

Cross sectional

Sept. 1998-October 2000

Urban and rural areas

1010

5–10

19.6

2.18

0.09

Wet film, iodine preparation, formol ether techniques

 24

Pukhrambam [34]

2013

Cross sectional

May-Jul 2012

Urban slum (Hatta, Golapatti)

255

1–5

21.5

--

--

Saline and iodine mount method

Maharashtra

 25

Dambhare [35]

2010

Cross sectional

Oct.-Nov. 2009

Wardha (Karanji kaji village)

172

6–14

0.6

--

1.2

Iodine staining of wet mounts

 26

Aher [36]

2012

Cross sectional

ND

Ahmadnagar, Loni

624

6–12 years.

1.9

--

0.9

Saline and iodine preparation

 27

Avhad [37]

2012

Cross sectional

June 2011-april 2012

Aurangabad

547

9–10

22.85

10.05

1.1

Kato-katz technique

West Bengal

 28

Mukherjee [38]

2013

Cross sectional

ND

Sunderbans

Bankura, birbhum

Midnapore, Bardhman

Kolkata

1192

10–15

11

1.8

--

Kato-katz technique

 29

Sur [39]

2005

Cross sectional

May 2002-July 2003

Tiljala, Kolkata

263

2–5

53

--

--

Direct wet preparation, saline and iodine mount, formalin concentration technique

Andhra Pradesh

 30

Naish [40]

2004

Cross sectional

Dec. 1997-Dec.1998

Peda Jalaripet

Vishakhapatnam

204

5–9

91

72

54

Modified formol ether sedimentation technique was used

 31

Padmaja [41]

2014

Cross sectional

Nov. 2013-January 2014

Amalapuram

200

Around 8

6

7.5

4.5

Saline and iodine preparations, formal ether concentration methods.

 32

Panda [42]

2012

Cross sectional

Dec 2008-Jan 2009

Kondavelagada village, Vizianagaram district

124

6–9

--

--

4.8

Saline& Iodine preparation

Puducherry

 33

Ragunathan [43]

2010

Cross sectional

March-Sept. 2006

Puducherry

1172

5–10

43.21

10.87

28.89

Formol ether sedimentation, iodine saline wet mount

Karnataka

 34

Golia [44]

2014

Cross sectional

Jun-Sep 2013

Kavalbyrasandra, Bangalore

258

6–12

8.1

5.4

1.2

Normal saline, iodine preparation and formalin ether sedimentation concentration technique.

Tamil Nadu

 35

Kattula [45]

2014

Cross sectional

Dec. 2008-Aug-2009

Vellore, thiruvanamalai

3706

6–14

1.21

0.8

6.28

Saline and iodine wet preparation, McMaster egg counting technique

 36

Krishnan [46]

2013

Cross sectional

ND

Melmaruvathur

25

5–10

20

5

10

Saline and iodine preparation, salt flotation technique and zinc sulphate flotation technique

 37

Fernandez [47]

2002

Cross sectional

Sept-March 2000

Chennai

Kadallur

125

3–14

52.8

45.6

37.6

Saline and Lugol’s iodine zinc sulphate concentration technique

 38

Dhanabal [48]

2014

Cross sectional

Jan.-Jun 2013

South Chennai

256

0–50

6.2

1.1

 

Saline and iodine wet mount, 10% formalin sedimentation and flotation

 39

Sunish [49]

2015

Cross sectional

2001

Villupuram

(Tirukoilur)

(Mugaiyur)

321-T

325-M

9–10

54.83-T

52.92-M

4.67-T

6.77-M

16.51-T

8.31-M

Kato Katz cellophane thick smear technique

  1. (AL A. Lumbricoides, TT T. trichiura, HW Hookworm, ND Not defined)