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

Table 2

Prevalence of STHs and S. mansoni infections among children at Andasa primary school in Bahir Dar Zuria district, northwest Ethiopia, 2018.

Helminths species	Age			Sex		Total (, %)
	7-10 (, %)	11-14 (, %)	15-18 (, %)	Male (, %)	Female (, %)
A. lumbricoides	23 (5.45)	46 (10.9)	20 (4.7)	43 (10)	46 (10.9)	89 (21.1)
Hookworm spp	40 (9.47)	83 (19.66)	25 (5.9)	79 (18.7)	69 (16.4)	148 (35.1)
S. mansoni	16 (3.79)	33 (7.8)	10 (2.36)	35 (8.3)	24 (5.7)	59 (13.9)
Total	79 (18.72)	162 (38.38)	55 (13.03)	157 (37.2)	139 (32.9)	296 (70.1)