Research Article
Current Status of Schistosoma mansoni Infections and Associated Risk Factors among Students in Gorgora Town, Northwest Ethiopia
Table 2
Prevalence of intestinal parasites among male and female students (
) of Gorgora Elementary School, Northwest Ethiopia, October 2010-November 2010.
| | Intestinal parasites | Male
| Female
| Total
() | value
(95% CI) |
| | Schistosoma mansoni | 54 (18.4)* | 65 (22.7) | 119 (20.6) | 0.20 (0.18, 0.24) | | Ascaris lumbricoides | 55 (18.8) | 54 (18.9) | 109 (18.8) | 1.00 (0.99, 1.0) | | Hymenolepis nana | 20 (6.8) | 19 (6.6) | 39 (6.7) | 1.00 (0.99, 1.0) | | Giardia lamblia | 21 (7.2) | 12 (4.2) | 33 (5.7) | 0.15 (0.12, 0.18) | | Trichuris trichiura | 14 (4.8) | 7 (2.4) | 21 (3.6) | 0.18 (0.15, 0.21) | | Hook worm | 5 (1.7) | 8 (2.8) | 13 (2.2) | 0.41 (0.38, 0.45) | | Taenia species | 2 (0.7) | 3 (1.0) | 5 (0.9) | 0.68 (0.64, 0.71) | | Entamoeba histolytica/dispar | 5 (1.7) | 3 (1.0) | 8 (1.4) | 0.71 (0.67, 0.75) | | Enterobius vermicularis | 1 (0.3) | 4 (1.4) | 5 0.9) | 0.21 (0.17, 0.24) | | Strongyloides stercoralis | 2 (0.7) | 6 (2.1) | 8 (1.4) | 0.16 (0.13, 0.19) |
| | Overall | 156
(53.2) | 135
(47.2) | 291
(50.9) | |
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Figures in parenthesis indicate percentages.
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