Skip to main content

Table 3 Intensities of hookworm and urinary schistosomiasis infections among adults positive for the infections in five rural villages in Kwale district, coastal Kenya

From: Adult population as potential reservoir of NTD infections in rural villages of Kwale district, Coastal Kenya: implications for preventive chemotherapy interventions policy

 

Village

  

Infection

Maponda

Mirihini

Kajiweni

Miatsani

Mlafyeni

All

P

Hookworm

       

No. Positive

40

58

64

44

29

235

 

GMI EPG

162

147

143

140

114

142

0.949

Light (%)

37 (92.5)

55 (94.8)

63 (98.4)

42 (95.5)

29 (100.0)

226 (96.2)

 

Heavy (%)

3 (7.5)

3 (5.2)

1 (1.6)

2 (4.5)

0 (0)

9 (3.8)

 

Schistosomiasis

       

No. Positive

10

18

25

20

34

107

 

GMI (eggs/10 ml urine)

8

11

11

14

28

15

0.147

Light (%)

10 (100.0)

15 (83.3)

19 (76.0)

15 (75.0)

23 (67.6)

82 (76.6)

 

Heavy (%)

0 (0)

3 (16.7)

6 (24.0)

5 (25.0)

11 (32.4)

25 (23.4)

 
  1. Geometric mean intensities (GMI) and levels of the intensities (light or heavy) were computed for individuals positive the infections only
  2. Hookworm: light, 1-1999 EPG; heavy, ≥ 2000 EPG.
  3. S. haematobium: light, 1 - 49 eggs/ml urine; heavy, ≥ 50 eggs/ml urine