Table 3: Prevalence of mixed soil-transmitted helminth infections according to gender.
|
Type of Infection |
Gender |
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|
Males (%) N = 200 |
Females (%) N = 203 |
Total (%) N = 403 |
|
|
Mono-parasitism |
22 (11.0) |
23 (11.3) |
45 (11.2) |
|
Bi-parasitism |
2 (1.0) |
8 (3.9) |
10 (2.5) |
|
Triple-parasitism |
1 (0.5) |
0 (0.0) |
1 (0.2) |
|
Total |
25 (12.5) |
31 (15.3) |
56 (13.9) |
|
Parasitic Associations |
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|
A. lumbricoides + hookworm |
1 (0.5) |
5 (2.5) |
6 (1,5) |
|
A. lumbricoides + T. trichiura |
1 (0.5) |
3 (1.5) |
4 (1.0) |
| A. lumbricoides + T. trichiura + hookworm |
1 (0.5) |
0 (0.0) |
1 (0.2) |