Prevalence of Soil-Transmitted Helminthiases and Schistosomiasis in Preschool Age Children in Mwea Division, Kirinyaga South District, Kirinyaga County, and Their Potential Effect on Physical Growth

Table 4

Prevalence of parasitic infections in sampled study population in Mwea Division.

Row labels	Frequency	Percentage	Boys	Percentage	Girls	Percentage
Ancylostoma duodenale	2	0.55%	1	0.53%	1	0.58%
Ascaris lumbricoides	12	3.05%	6	3.19%	5	2.89%
E. coli	7	3.88%	5	2.66%	9	5.20%
E. histolytica	1	0.28%	0	0.00%	1	0.58%
E. vermicularis	3	0.83%	1	0.53%	2	1.16%
G. lamblia	54	14.68%	29	15.43%	25	13.87%
H. nana	9	3.60%	4	2.13%	9	5.20%
No infection	253	66.48%	123	65.43%	117	67.63%
Schistosoma mansoni	18	5.54%	17	9.04%	3	1.73%
Trichuris trichiura	2	1.11%	2	1.06%	2	1.16%
Grand total	361	100.00%	188	100.00%	173	100.00%

as multiple infections.