Research Article
Intestinal Helminth Infections and Associated Risk Factors among School-Aged Children of Bamendjou Community, West Region of Cameroon
Table 5
The prevalence of parasitic helminths among schools.
| | Different schools | | Nursery | Primary | Secondary | Total | | value | | Parasites | | | | | | |
| | Ascaris lumbricoides | 8 (11.7%) | 9 (4.6%) | 13 (5.9%) | 30 (6.1%) | 5.1 | 0.4 | | Trichuris trichuria | 3 (5%) | 4 (2.5%) | 10 (4.4%) | 17 (3.4%) | 10.56 | 0.06 | | Hookworm | 2 (3.4%) | 4 (1.9%) | 7 (3.3%) | 15 (3%) | 3.72 | 0.59 | | Strongyloides stercoralis | — | 1 (1.2%) | — | 1 (0.2%) | — | — | | Total | 13 (13.6%) | 18 (10.2%) | 30 (20.1%) | | | |
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