Overview of the different operational steps for the different FEC methods.
REGRESSION
The distinctive steps to perform a Kato-Katz (KK), Mini-FLOTAC or FECPAKDetailed standard operating procedures (SOPs) to time the preparatory steps and the egg counting process are described elsewhere (see S3–S5 Infos of Vlaminck We expressed the time (in seconds) needed to enter data and prepare samples for analysis per batch by dividing the total time recorded per batch by the number of samples within that batch. These calculations included batches gathered at baseline and follow-up. Batches containing fewer than 5 samples were not timed and were excluded from these calculations. We report the average reading time, preparation time and data entry time across batches. The overall mean preparation time per sample was calculated as the mean of batch-specific estimates of time per sample. The data on the timing of egg counting were analyzed at the level of samples. For each FEC method, the correlation between the time required to count and the absolute number of eggs in the sample was quantified using linear regression models. In these models, we predicted the log