Table 3. Results of stool examinations with the Kato-katz thick smear technique in Southeast Asian countries*

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Table 3. Results of stool examinations with the Kato-katz thick smear technique in Southeast Asian countries*

Survey locality	No. of people examined	No. (%) of resident infected by the helminth sp.
Survey locality	No. of people examined	Al^†	Tt^‡	Hw^§	STE^\|\|	Etc.
[15]	2,227	383 (17.2)	432 (19.4)	5 (0.2)	2 (0.1)	33 (1.5)
[16]	32,201	1,478 (4.6)	1,315 (4.1)	3,101 (9.6)	1,838 (5.7)	1,325 (4.1)
[17]	6,178	227 (3.7)	404 (6.5)	1,719 (27.8)	3,435 (55.6)	625 (10.1)
[18]	29,846	10,416 (34.9)	7,700 (25.8)	5,701 (19.1)	3,253 (10.9)	239 (0.8)
Total	70,452	12,504 (17.7)	9,851 (14.0)	10,526 (14.9)	8,528 (12.1)	2,222 (3.2)

*By projects of Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), Korea Association of Health Promotion (KAHP) and Korea Foundation for International Healthcare (KOFIH) in Myamar, Cambodia and Lao PDR; ^†Ascaris lumbricoides; ^‡Trichuris trichiura ; ^§hookworm; ^||small trematode eggs including opisthorchiid and heterophyid flukes.

[15] Chai et al. (2020): Schoolchildren in Yangon Region, Myanmar; [16] Yong et al. (2014): Inhabitants of Cambodia (2006-2011); [17] Eom et al. (2014): Inhabitants of Lao PDR (2007-2011); [18] Rim et al. (2004): Primary schoolchildren of Lao PDR (2000-2002).