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The phrase "average worm burden" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts related to biology, veterinary science, or parasitology to describe the typical number of worms present in a host organism.
Example: "The study aimed to determine the average worm burden in the affected population to assess the impact of the infestation."
Alternatives: "mean worm load" or "typical worm count".
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The dependence of the shape parameter of the negative binomial distribution on the average worm burden is considered to be identical to that used to describe the relationship between Mf prevalence and intensity, i.e. it is a linear function of worm burden with gradient k1 and with zero intercept k0 (see below and Table 1).
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At 20°C, all control programmes showed a significant decrease in mean worm burden, which fall from an average of 504 worms per person in the absence of control to 217 for mass chemotherapy alone and to 1.2 for a programme combining chemotherapy, sanitation and intermediate vector control (equivalent to a 99% reduction in worm abundance, Fig. 5).
How do long-term temperature increases affect the mean worm burden in the population?
The parameters of the (negative-binomial) distribution of worms at equilibrium are the mean worm burden W = 20 and the clumping parameter k = 0.34 [27].
Mean worm burden was 1309 (1-20,924) worms per fox in this district [ 11].
Mean worm burden was reduced from 3.2 to 1.9 worms in the two to six year olds.
The median worm burden per infected fox was 56 (1–20, 924) in this district.
The mean worm burden was significantly lower in combined infection groups compared to groups infected only with A. galli.
After 12 months, the mean worm burden in the placebo group was 4.1 (maximum: 40) for infected children.
The heaviest mean worm burdens were seen in untreated groups (US and UM) (Table 2).
However, as previously noted with Ac-APR-1, dogs vaccinated with Na-APR-1mut and challenged with A. caninum did not have a significantly lower worm burden at the 0.05 level (12); the geometric mean worm burdens were 90vs.. 126 worms in vaccinated vs. control dogs, respectively, resulting in a 29% reduction in worm burdens in vaccinated dogs; these data were not statistically significant.
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