From: Epidemiological study on Schistosoma mansoni infection in Sanja area, Amhara region, Ethiopia
Infection by | Number (%) | ||||
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Kato-Katz method (n = 384) | SAF concentration method (n = 384) | Combined results* | |||
 |  | Male(n = 187) | Female(n = 197) | Both sexes(n = 384) | |
S. mansoni | 293(76.3) | 212(55.2) | 157(83.9%’) | 161(81.7) | 318(82.8) |
Hookworm | 0(0) | 42(10.9) | 18(9.6) | 24(12.1) | 42(10.9) |
A .lumbricoides | 3(0.8) | 3(0.8) | 4(2.1) | 2(1.0) | 6(1.6) |
T. trichuria | 1(0.3) | 0(0) | 1(0.5) | 0(0) | 1(0.3) |
Taenia species | 1(0.3) | 3(0.8) | 1(0.5) | 2(1.0) | 3(0.8). |
E. vermicularis | 2(0.5) | 1(0.3) | 1(0.5) | 2(1.0) | 3(0.8) |
H. nana | 0(0) | 1(0.3) | 1(0.5) | 0(0) | 1(0.3) |
At least one intestinal parasites | 295(76.8) | 219(57) | 162(86.6) | 165(83.8) | 327(85.2) |