https://doi.org/10.17037/DATA.00001777
This dataset contains demographic characteristics and laboratory results of 603 study participants. Each row refers to a study participant with a unique study ID number. It accompanies a 2020 Plos NTD publication titled "Genital Self-Sampling Compared with Cervicovaginal Lavage for the Diagnosis of Female Genital Schistosomiasis in Zambian Women: the BILHIV Study".
The dataset contains the following variables:
| Label | Description | Measurement type | Value | Value description |
| BILID1 | Participant ID number | Integer | Unique ID | |
| cturine | urine PCR results in cycle thresholds | Integer | ||
| ct_sch_l | cervicovaginal lavage pcr results in cycle thresholds | Integer | ||
| ct_sch_cs | cervical swab PCR results in cycle thresholds | Integer | ||
| ct_sch_vs | vaginal swab PCR results in cycle thresholds | Integer | ||
| pcrurine | binary variable for urine pcr | Integer | ||
| 0 | Negative | |||
| 1 | Positive | |||
| PCRCVL | binary variable for cervicovaginal lavage pcr | Integer | ||
| 0 | Negative | |||
| 1 | Positive | |||
| PCRVS | binary variable for vaginal self swab | Integer | ||
| 0 | Negative | |||
| 1 | Positive | |||
| PCRCS | binary variable for cervical self swab | Integer | ||
| 0 | Negative | |||
| 1 | Positive | |||
| district | Participant recruited in community A or Community B | Integer | ||
| 1 | Community A | |||
| 2 | Community B | |||
| DEMAGE1 | Participant age | Integer | ||
| MARST | Participant marital status | Integer | ||
| 1 | Single | |||
| 2 | Married or living as married | |||
| 3 | Divorced/separated | |||
| 4 | Widowed | |||
| DEMEMP | Is participant currently working? | Integer | ||
| 0 | No | |||
| 1 | Yes | |||
| HADBILZ | Have you ever been told before that you have had schistosomiasis or bilharzia? | Integer | ||
| 0 | No | |||
| 1 | Yes | |||
| 2 | Maybe - I don't know or I can't remember | |||
| TXBILZ | Have you ever been treated for schistosomiasis or bilharzia with praziquantel? | Integer | ||
| 0 | No | |||
| 1 | Yes | |||
| 2 | Maybe - I don't know or I can't remember | |||
| micropos | binary variable for urine microscopy | Integer | ||
| 0 | Negative | |||
| 1 | Positive | |||
| CAAbinary | binary variable for urine CAA | Integer | ||
| 0 | Negative | |||
| 1 | Positive | |||
| pgml | CAA results in pgml | Integer | ||
| micro1 | egg count on slide 1 | Integer | ||
| EDU1 | Participant level of education? | Integer | ||
| 0 | No schooling | |||
| 1 | Any primary school | |||
| 3 | Any secondary school | |||
| 5 | Trade/technical training with or without certificate/diploma | |||
| 6 | Degree or higher | |||
| CH20USE1 | As a child did you regularly go into (ie swimming, bathing) or use (ie washing, cooking) fresh water outdoors (river, stream, swamp, lake, etc)? | Integer | ||
| 0 | None | |||
| 4 | At least weekly | |||
| 6 | Every 1-2 months | |||
| 8 | Every 6-12 months | |||
| H20USE1 | Do you currently, regularly go into (ie swimming, bathing) or use (ie washing, cooking) fresh water outdoors (river, stream, swamp, lake, etc)? | Integer | ||
| 0 | None | |||
| 4 | At least weekly | |||
| 6 | Every 1-2 months | |||
| 8 | Every 6-12 months |