Table 1 Parasitic infections and infection intensities in the two samples analysed.
Sample 1 | Sample 2 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Parasite | Infection | Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | Total |
S. haematobium | no | 18 | 8 | 26 | 14 | 7 | 21 |
light (1-49 eggs/10 ml urine) | 46 | 35 | 81 | 38 | 27 | 65 | |
heavy (≥ 50 eggs/10 ml urine) | 33 | 27 | 60 | 27 | 24 | 51 | |
S. mansoni | no | 52 | 24 | 76 | 42 | 19 | 61 |
light (1-99 EPGa) | 31 | 26 | 57 | 26 | 23 | 49 | |
moderate (100-399 EPGa) | 12 | 19 | 31 | 10 | 15 | 25 | |
heavy (≥ 400 EPGa) | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
A. lumbricoides | no | 96 | 69 | 165 | 78 | 57 | 135 |
light (1-4999 EPGa) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
moderate (5,000-49,999 EPGa) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Hookworm | no | 78 | 65 | 143 | 64 | 53 | 117 |
light (1-1,999 EPGa) | 18 | 5 | 23 | 15 | 5 | 20 | |
moderate (2,000-3,999 EPGa) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Plasmodium spp. | no | 24 | 18 | 42 | 23 | 15 | 38 |
yes | 73 | 52 | 125 | 56 | 43 | 99 | |