Table 4 Categories of helminths and intestinal protozoan infection intensities, stratified by setting. Helminth infection intensities were categorized according to the classification of WHO [1, 15] and intestinal protozoan infection intensities were classified as described elsewhere [14]
Parasite | Study setting | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Azaguié M’Bromé/Azaguié Makouguié (rural) | Abbé-Begnini (peri-urban) | Azaguié Gare (urban) | |||||||
Light (%) | Moderate (%) | Heavy (%) | Light (%) | Moderate (%) | Heavy (%) | Light (%) | Moderate (%) | Heavy (%) | |
Helminths | |||||||||
Schistosoma mansoni | 36 (23.1) | 55 (35.2) | 65 (41.7) | 46 (95.8) | 1 (2.1) | 1 (2.1) | 47 (68.1) | 17 (24.6) | 5 (7.2) |
Schistosoma haematobium a | 91 (82.0) | -- | 20 (18.0) | 5 (83.3) | -- | 1 (16.7) | 0 | -- | 1 (100) |
Hookworm | 75 (100) | 0 | 0 | 59 (98.3) | 1 (1.7) | 0 | 27 (100) | 0 | 0 |
Trichuris trichiura | 95 (95.0) | 5 (5.0) | 0 | 10 (90.9) | 1 (9.1) | 0 | 20 (100) | 0 | 0 |
Ascaris lumbricoides | 19 (100) | 0 | 0 | 10 (100) | 0 | 0 | 16 (94.1) | 1 (5.9) | 0 |
Intestinal protozoa | |||||||||
Entamoeba coli | 11 (20.4) | 18 (33.3) | 25 (46.3) | 7 (17.9) | 14 (35.9) | 18 (46.2) | 15 (50.0) | 12 (40.0) | 3 (10.0) |
Endolimax nana | 14 (28.6) | 9 (18.4) | 26 (53.1) | 7 (19.4) | 13 (36.1) | 17 (47.2) | 26 (46.4) | 23 (41.1) | 7 (12.5) |
Blastocystis hominis | 8 (33.3) | 5 (20.9) | 11 (45.8) | 7 (50.0) | 3 (21.4) | 1 (7.1) | 9 (64.3) | 5 (35.7) | 0 |
Giardia intestinalis | 1 (6.7) | 4 (26.7) | 10 (66.7) | 1 (9.1) | 3 (27.3) | 7 (63.6) | 8 (66.7) | 3 (25.0) | 1 (8.3) |
Chilomastix mesnili | 2 (14.3) | 4 (28.6) | 8 (57.1) | 1 (14.3) | 1 (14.3) | 5 (71.4) | 3 (50.0) | 2 (33.3) | 1 (16.7) |
Entamoeba histolytica/E. dispar | 4 (28.6) | 8 (57.1) | 2 (14.3) | 3 (25.0) | 4 (33.3) | 5 (41.7) | 6 (66.7) | 2 (22.2) | 1 (11.1) |
Iodamoeba bütschlii | 0 | 3 (33.3) | 6 (66.7) | 4 (50.0) | 1 (12.5) | 3 (33.3) | 8 (80.0) | 2 (20.0) | 0 |
Entamoeba hartmanni | 1 (20.0) | 1 (20.0) | 3 (60.0) | 4 (50.0) | 2 (25.0) | 2 (25.0) | 8 (88.9) | 1 (11.1) | 0 |