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Table 2 Overall prevalence of parasitic diseases investigated, stratified by sex, among 400 schoolchildren in Nyamatongo ward, northwest Tanzania.

From: Co-infections with Plasmodium falciparum, Schistosoma mansoni and intestinal helminths among schoolchildren in endemic areas of northwestern Tanzania

  

Prevalence of infection (%)

 
 

Overall N (%)

95% confidence

interval

Females (n = 204)

N (%)

Males (n = 196)

N (%)

P-value

(males vs. females)

Schistosomes

     

Schistosoma mansoni

257

59.9-68.8

135

122

P = 0.31

 

(64.3%)

 

(66.18%)

(62.24%)

 

Soil-transmitted helminths

     

Hookworm

152

33.7-42.8

78 (38.23%)

74 (37.8%)

P = 0.70

 

(38.5%)

    

Plasmodia

     

Plasmodium falciparum

54 (13.5%)

10.2-16.9

34 (16.7%)

20 (10.2%)

P = 0.26

Plasmodium ovale

3 (0.8%)

0-10.9

2 (0.98%)

1 (0.51%)

 

At least one parasitic

218

46.6-59.4

110

108

P = 0.39

infection

(54.5%)

 

(53.92%)

(55.10%)

 

Two or more parasitic

116 (29%)

24.6-33.4

61 (29.90%)

55 (47.41%)

 

infections

     
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