Schistosoma mansoni Infection and Associated Determinant Factors among School Children in Sanja Town, Northwest Ethiopia
Table 2
Prevalence of S. mansoni and common intestinal helminths by sex among school children in Sanja General Elementary School, Sanja, northwest Ethiopia, 2013.
Parasite
Male
Female
Total
value
S. mansoni
119 (34.4)**
227 (65.6)
346 (89.9)
0.895
0.02
Hookworm
49 (34.3)
94 (65.7)
143 (37.1)
0.995
0.00
A. lumbricoides
24 (38.7)
38 (61.3)
62 (16.1)
0.423
0.46
T. trichiura
3 (100)
0 (0)
3 (0.8)
0.016*
5.80
Taenia species
0 (0)
6 (100)
6 (1.6)
0.075
3.18
H. nana
3 (41.9)
18 (58.1)
31 (8.1)
0.47
3.94
Total
124 (33.3)
248 (66.7)
372 (96.6)
0.035*
4.44
The difference was statistically significant .
**Figures in parenthesis indicate percentages.
