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Table 2 Summary of the prevalence of S. mansoni, malaria and co-infections by district and overall

From: Integrated prevalence mapping of schistosomiasis, soil-transmitted helminthiasis and malaria in lakeside and island communities in Lake Victoria, Uganda

 

INFECTION

DISTRICT

S. mansoni

P. falciparum

Co-infection

 

n

N

Prevalence

(95% CIs)

n

N

Prevalence

(95% CIs)

n

N

Prevalence

(95% CIs)

Bugiri

363

484

75.00

(70.89-78.80)

282

495

57.00

(52.48-61.38)

191

440

43.41

(38.72-48.19)

Jinja

114

170

67.06

(59.45-74.06)

93

161

57.76

(49.74-65.50)

63

156

40.38

(32.61-48.53)

Kalangala

302

962

31.39

(28.47-34.43)

307

777

39.51

(36.05-43.05)

119

814

14.62

(12.26-17.24)

Masaka

41

218

18.81

(13.85-24.64)

125

220

56.82

(50.00-63.46)

25

210

11.90

(7.85-17.07)

Mayuge

241

356

67.70

(62.57-72.53)

144

358

40.22

(35.10-45.51)

90

340

26.47

(21.86-31.50)

Mpigi

64

212

30.19

(24.09-36.85)

104

211

49.29

(42.36-56.24)

34

200

17.00

(12.07-22.94)

Mukono

586

1134

51.68

(48.72-54.62)

586

1165

50.30

(47.39-53.21)

285

1099

25.93

(23.36-28.63)

Rakai

5

667

0.75

(0.24-1.74)

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

Wakiso

134

331

40.48

(35.15-45.99)

83

325

25.54

(20.89-30.64)

32

310

10.32

(7.17-14.26)

TOTAL

1850

4534

40.80

(39.37-42.25)

1724

3712

46.44

(44.83-48.06)

839

3569

23.51

(22.12-24.93)

  1. "n" refers to the number of positive cases, "N" is the total number of children surveyed. "CIs" stand for confidence intervals.