Table 3 Overall Prevalence (%) of Helminth infection ((Schistosomiasis and Soil-transmitted Helminthiasis) with respect to Location (at baseline and Follow-up/surveillance) in the Study Community.
Location | Mono-infection | Co-infection | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Baseline | Number Examined | Ascaris lumbricoides | Trichuris trichiura | Hookworm | Schistosoma haematobium | Schistosoma mansoni | Ascaris lumbricoides and Hookworm | Overall Helminth Infection | OR for Overall Helminth Infection (95% CI) | P-value |
NI (%) | NI (%) | NI (%) | NI (%) | NI (%) | NI (%) | NI (%) | ||||
Achalla | 390 | 57(15.0) | 6(2.0) | 1(0.3) | 3(1.0) | 0(0.0) | 1(0.3) | 68(17.4) | 3.423(1.062–11.028) | 0.04 S |
Ezinifite* | 375 | 3(1.0) | 0(0.0) | 0(0.0) | 1(0.3) | 0(0.0) | 0(0.0) | 4(1.1) | 1.00 | |
Nsugbe | 281 | 9(3.0) | 0(0.0) | 0(0.0) | 1(0.4) | 0(0.0) | 0(0.0) | 10(4.0) | 19.587 (7.067–54.285) | 0.00 S |
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 | 0.00 S | 0.01 S | 0.57 | 0.00 S | ||||||
Follow-up | Ascaris and S. haematobium | |||||||||
Achalla | 390 | 13(3.3) | 10(2.6) | 0(0.0) | 11(2.8) | 0(0.0) | 1(0.3) | 35(9.0) | 2.070(0.980–4372) | 0.06NS |
Ezinifite* | 375 | 3(1.0) | 6(1.6) | 0(0.0) | 3(0.8) | 0(0.0) | 0(0.0) | 12(3.0) | 1.00 | |
Nsugbe | 281 | 4(1.4) | 7(2.5) | 0(0.0) | 6(2.1) | 0(0.0) | 1(0.4) | 18(6.0) | 2.982(1.523–5.839) | 0.00 S |
Total | 1046 | 20(2.0) | 23(2.2) | 0(0.0) | 20(2.0) | 0(0.0) | 2(0.2) | 65(6.0) | ||
P-value | 0.034 S | 0.63 | 0.12 | 0.01 S | 0.01 S | |||||
