Efficacy of Mebendazole and Praziquantel against Soil-Transmitted Helminths and Schistosoma mansoni Infections among Schoolchildren in Northwest Ethiopia

Table 1

Demographic characteristics of the study participants with their intestinal helminthic infection status in Andasa primary school, northwest Ethiopia, 2018.

Variable		Positive, (%)	Negative, (%)	Total, (%)
Age	7-10	58 (13.8%)	39 (9.2%)	97 (23%)
	11-14	142 (33.6%)	126 (29.9%)	268 (63.5%)
	15-18	16 (3.8%)	41 (9.7%)	57 (13.5%)
Sex	Male	118 (28%)	85 (20.1%)	203 (48.1%)
	Female	98 (23.2%)	121 (28.7%)	219 (51.9%)
Total		216 (51.2)	206 (48.8)	422 (100)