Prevalence, Intensity of Soil-Transmitted Helminths, and Factors Associated with Infection: Importance in Control Program with Ivermectin and Albendazole in Eastern Côte d’Ivoire
Table 1
Prevalence and intensity of intestinal helminths in eastern settings of Côte d’Ivoire.
Intestinal helminths
Study villages
Ahéoua
Soribadougou
Pokoukro
Prakro
Yadio
Yaobabikro
Schistosoma mansoni, n ()
9 (2.9)
5 (1.4)
13 (2.4)
18 (6.2)
1 (0.4)
1 (0.6)
Ascaris lumbricoides, n ()
0 (0.0)
2 (0.6)
8 (1.5)
0 (0.0)
0 (0.0)
0 (0.0)
Trichuris trichiura, n ()
2 (0.7)
4 (1.2)
2 (0.4)
0 (0.0)
2 (0.8)
1 (0.6)
Hookworm, n ()
Geometric mean, epg
126.4α
313.1β
135.2α
162α
139.3α
141.4α
(95% CI)
(22.7-703.4)
(241.7-405.5)
(107.3-170.4)
(116.4-225.4)
(68.8-282.2)
(81.6-244.9)
Level of intensity
No, n′ (%)
300 (98.0)
250 (72.0)
393 (73.3)
216 (74.8)
230 (94.3)
160 (88.4)
Light, n (%)
5 (1.6)
90 (25.9)
138 (25.7)
70 (24.3)
13 (5.3)
20 (11.0)
Moderate, n (%)
1 (0.4)
2 (0.6)
3 (0.6)
2 (0.6)
1 (0.4)
0 (0.0)
Heavy, n (%)
0 (0.0)
5 (1.5)
2 (0.4)
1 (0.3)
0 (0.0)
1 (0.6)
Total, N ()
306 (100)
347 (100)
536 (100)
289 (100)
244 (100)
181 (100)
N: number of participants per study village, n: number of infected participants, n′: number of noninfected participants, epg: number of egg per gram of stool, %: percentage, Chi-squared test significant ( p≤0.05), and Kruskal-Wallis and independent t-tests significant ( p≤0.05).
