Table 3

Evaluation of clustering of HCV seropositivity within houses that participated in the schistosomiasis treatment campaigns, Kalama, Egypt 1995.


Houses with treatmenta
Houses with no treatmentb

Number of Houses
36
132
HCV infections
94
227
Odds Ratio for Clustering
1.76
1.37
95% Confidence Interval
1.05 – 2.95c
0.92 – 2.05d

aHouses that had one or more members reporting a diagnosis of schistosomiasis and having received treatment with injections b Houses with no member being treated with injections for schistosomiasis c p = 0.03 d p = 0.12

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