Parasites & Vectors

Table 1 Overall prevalence of main intestinal parasites and prevalence in the four geographic areas

From: High prevalence of Strongyloides stercoralis in school-aged children in a rural highland of north-western Ethiopia: the role of intensive diagnostic work-up

Overall (n = 396)
Hookworm			A. lumbricoides			T. trichiura			S. stercoralis			S. mansoni
Pos	%	95% CI	Pos	%	95% CI	Pos	%	95% CI	Pos	%	95% CI	Pos	%	95% CI
216	54.5	49.6–59.4	34	8.6	6.2–11.8	12	3.0	1.7–5.2	82	20.7	17.0–25.0	62	15.7	12.1–19.3
Geographic areas
North-West (n = 49)				Pos	%	95% CI		North-East (n = 99)				Pos	%	95% CI
			Hookworm	17	35.0	21.4–48.0				Hookworm		71	71.7	62.2–79.7
			A. lumbricoides	21	43.0	29.0–56.7				A. lumbricoides		5	5.1	2.9–11.3
			T. trichiura	10	20.0	9.1–31.7				T. trichiura		0	–	–
			S. stercoralis	8	16.3	6.0–26.7				S. stercoralis		27	27.3	19.5–36.8
			S. mansoni	1	2.0	-1.9–6.0				S. mansoni		5	5.1	2.9–11.3
South-West (n = 100)				Pos	%	95% CI		South-East (n = 148)				Pos	%	95% CI
			Hookworm	49	49.0	39.4–58.7				Hookworm		79	53.4	45.4–61.2
			A. lumbricoides	4	4.0	1.6–9.8				A. lumbricoides		4	2.7	1.1–6.7
			T. trichiura	2	2.0	0.6–7.0				T. trichiura		0	–	–
			S. stercoralis	15	15.0	9.3–23.3				S. stercoralis		32	21.6	15.8–28.9
			S. mansoni	0	–	–				S. mansoni		56	37.8	30.4–45.9

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