Table 1 Study population and observed antigen prevalence from 2018 and 2019 household surveys.

From: Supporting elimination of lymphatic filariasis in Samoa by predicting locations of residual infection using machine learning and geostatistics

Year

Number of households

Average household size

Number of participants

Crude antigen prevalence in household members (95% CI)

Median Crude antigen prevalence by PSU (range)

2018

495

4.8 (min 1, max 26)

2322

4.4% (3.7–5.4%)

4.4% (0–15.3%)

2019

542

4.8 (min 1, max 20)

2594

4.7% (4.0–5.6%)

2.6% (0–18.7%)

  1. Sample size and crude antigen prevalence from household surveys across 35 primary sampling units in Samoa (participants aged ≥ 5 years).
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