Research Article
Polyparasitism with Malaria and Intestinal Parasite Infections among Infants and Preschool-Aged Children in Egbedore, Osun State, Nigeria
Table 1
Demographic status of infants and preschool-Aged children in the study communities.
| | Communities | Number of HH visited | IPSAC recruited | Samples collected | IPSAC infected (%) | Male (%) | Female (%) |
| | Iwoye | 48 | 140 | 133 (95.00) | 90 (67.67) | 58 (45.00) | 75 (55.00) | | Aro | 44 | 115 | 112 (97.00) | 66 (58.93) | 55 (39.34) | 57 (60.66) | | Ara | 50 | 130 | 120 (92.31) | 89 (74.17) | 56 (59.04) | 64 (40.96) | | Awo | 52 | 166 | 156 (93.98) | 120 (76.92) | 76 (51.82) | 80 (48.18) | | Iragberi | 40 | 108 | 108 (100) | 81 (75.00) | 61 (43.66) | 47 (56.34) | | Idoo | 42 | 110 | 104 (94.55) | 77 (74.03) | 50 (43.28) | 54 (56.72) | | Ekuro | 46 | 100 | 94 (94.00) | 66 (70.21) | 52 (57.16) | 42 (42.85) | | Edgedi | 20 | 82 | 82 (100%) | 52 (63.41) | 39 (57.14) | 43 (42.86) | | Ojo | 38 | 90 | 82 (91.11) | 61 (74.39) | 42 (45.10) | 40 (54.90) | | Alasan | 25 | 69 | 69 (100) | 47 (68.12) | 27 (42.55) | 42 (57.45) | | Total | 405 | 1110 | 1060 (95.50) | 754 (71.13) | 516 (48.68) | 544 (51.32) |
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