Research Article

Synergetic Effects of Plasmodium, Hookworm, and Schistosoma mansoni Infections on Hemoglobin Level among Febrile School Age Children in Jawe Worda, Northwest Ethiopia

Table 3

Distribution of helminths in plasmodium infected school age children in Northwest Ethiopia, 2016.

PlasmodiumHWSMHW + SMNegTotalP-value

PF15 (11)3 (2.2)6 (4.4)112 (82.4)136 (95.1)ā€‰
PV3 (42.9)1 (14.2)0 (0.0)3 (42.9)7 (4.9)
Total18 (12.6)4 (2.8)6 (4.2)115 (80.4)143 (42.9)0.02

HW: Hookworm, SM: S. mansoni, PF: Plasmodium falciparum, PV: Plasmodium vivax, and Neg: negative.