Fig. 7: Demographic and infection characteristics of Trichuris spp. infections across four countries.

a Stacked bar plots showing the proportion of infected individuals by sex, with percentages indicating the proportion of male (turquoise) and female (red) participants within each infection type and country. b Stacked bar plots showing the infection intensity distribution based on WHO criteria, with percentages representing the proportion of light (green), moderate (orange), and heavy (blue) infections among infected individuals in each category. c Boxplots of log-transformed Trichuris egg counts per gram (EPG) of stool (right) for each infection type across countries, with the box representing the interquartile range, contains a median line and whiskers indicating the 95% CI. Statistical comparisons between different infection types and countries were conducted using a Kruskal–Wallis test followed by adjustment with pairwise Wilcoxon rank sum exact tests for multiple comparisons (two-sided). Each dot represents an individual.