Research Article
Prevalence and Intensity of Soil-Transmitted Helminth Infection among Rural Community of Southwest Ethiopia: A Community-Based Study
Table 3
Intensity of STHs among the Zemika Kebele community, southwest Ethiopia, 2016.
| Parasite species | Geometric mean | Intensity of infection | Light | Moderate | Heavy | Number (%) | Number (%) | Number (%) |
| Trichuris trichiura | 544 egg/gram | 150 (62.2%) | 87 (36.1%) | 4 (1.1%) | Ascaris lumbricoides | 2507 egg/gram | 41 (70.7%) | 17 (29.3%) | 0 (%) | Hookworm | 162 egg/gram | 52 (100%) | 0 (%) | 0 (%) | Schistosoma mansoni | 138 egg/gram | 13 (39.4%) | 20 (60.6%) | 0 (%) |
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