Research Article

High Prevalence of Hookworm Species and Associated Factors among Soil-Transmitted Helminth-Infected Household Contacts in Burie Zuria District, Northwest Ethiopia: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study

Table 3

Prevalence of STH infections among household contacts () in Burie Zuria district, northwest Ethiopia, from March to May 2021.

CatchmentSubkebelesNo_ of examinedHookworm species
(%)
A. lumbricoides
(%)
Total
(%)

Alefa catchmentAlefa Basi10341 (39.8)6 (5.8)45 (43.7)
Zalema6517 (26.2)3 (4.6)19 (29.2)
Wadera3614 (38.9)1 (2.8)15 (41.7)
Adelagata217 (33.3)0 (0)7 (33.3)
Subtotal22579 (35.1)10 (4.4)86 (38.2)
Tiatia catchmentTiatia9435 (37.2)5 (5.3)39 (41.5)
Shaqua K6416 (25.0)3 (4.7)19 (29.7)
Denbun3910 (25.6)0 (0)10 (25.6)
Subtotal19761 (31.0)8 (4.1)68 (34.5)
Total422140 (33.2)18 (4.3)154 (36.5)