Intestinal Parasitic Infections, Treatment and Associated Factors among Pregnant Women in Sao Tome and Principe: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 3

Polyparasitic infections (coinfection of two or more parasite species in the same pregnant women).

Polyparasitism	Frequency (n=)	Percentage (%)
Ascaris lumbricoides + Trichuris trichiura	18
Schistosoma intercalatum + Entamoeba histolytica	3
Ascaris lumbricoides + Ancylostoma duodenale	2
Ascaris lumbricoides + Schistosoma intercalatum	2
TOTAL	25	11.9

From the 210 pregnant women with an IPI, a total of 25 (11.9%) had two different parasites identified in their copro-parasitologial exam. The helminths group total 224 including polyparasitic infections (Table 2), but only 202 pregnant women had helminthic monoparasitic infection.