Table 1 Overall Prevalence (%) of Helminth infection (Schistosomiasis and Soil-transmitted Helminthiasis based on gender and age (Baseline) in the study community.
Mono-infection | Co-infection | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gender | Number Examined | Ascaris lumbricoides | Trichuris trichiura | Hookworm | Schistosoma haematobium | Schistosoma mansoni | Ascaris and Hookworm | Overall Helminth Infection | OR for Overall Helminth Infection (95% CI) | P value |
NI (%) | NI (%) | NI (%) | NI (%) | NI (%) | NI (%) | NI (%) | ||||
Male | 523 | 38 (7.3) | 1(0.2) | 1(0.2) | 4(1.0) | 0(0.0) | 0(0.0) | 44(8.4) | 1.172 (0.746–1.842) | 0.490NS |
Female* | 523 | 31(6.0) | 5(1.0) | 0(0.0) | 1(0.2) | 0(0.0) | 1(0.2) | 38(7.3) | 1.00 | |
Total | 1046 | 69(7.0) | 6(1.0) | 1(0.1) | 5(0.5) | 0(0.0) | 1(0.1) | 82(8.0) | ||
Age (years) | ||||||||||
5–8 | 412 | 22(5.3) | 1(0.2) | 0(0.0) | 1(0.2) | 0(0.0) | 1(0.47) | 25(6) | 3.153 (0.964–10.311) | 0.058NS |
9– 12 | 545 | 44(8.1) | 5(1.0) | 1(0.2) | 4(1.0) | 0(0.0) | 0(0.0) | 54(10) | 1.852 (0.547–6.273) | 0.322NS |
13–16* | 89 | 3(3.4) | 0(0.0) | 0(0.0) | 0(0.0) | 0(0.0) | 0(0.0) | 3(3.4) | 1.00 | |
Total | 1046 | 69(7.0) | 6(1.0) | 1(0.1) | 5(0.5) | 0(0.0) | 1(0.1) | 82(8.0) | ||
P-value | 0.195 | 0.733 | 0.44 | 0.131 | ||||||
