Prevalence and Reinfection Rates of Schistosoma mansoni and Praziquantel Efficacy against the Parasite among Primary School Children in Sanja Town, Northwest Ethiopia

Table 4

Reinfection rate of S. mansoni infection six months after treatment in school children in Sanja, North west Ethiopia, May 2018 (n=72)

Variables	Re-infection status		χ 2	P value
	Reinfected, n (%)	Not reinfected, n (%)
Sex			0.398	0.528
Female	3 (10.7%)	25 (89.3%)
Male	7 (15.9%)	37 (84.1%)
Total	10 (13.9%)	62 (86.1%)
Age (year)			4.496	0.04
9	2 (18.2%)	9 (81.8%)
10	2 (25.0%)	6 (75.0%)
11	2 (20.0%)	8 (80.0%)
12	3 (13.0%)	20 (87.0%)
13	1 (11.1%)	8 (88.9%)
14	0 (0.0%)	11 (100%)
Total	10 (13.9%)	62 (86.1%)