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Table 2 Prevalence of Schistosoma haematobium and Schistosoma mansoni and infected population by state

From: Epidemiological findings and policy implications from the nationwide schistosomiasis and intestinal helminthiasis survey in Sudan

State

S. haematobium

S. mansoni

n/Na

Geometric mean intensity (95% CI)

Population prevalence (95% CI)

Weighted population prevalenceb (95% CI)

Infected population (× 1000)c

n/Na

Geometric mean intensity (95% CI)

Population prevalence (95% CI)

Weighted population prevalenceb (95% CI)

Infected population (× 1000)c

Red Sea

3/2946

17.8 (0.1–3980.6)

0.1 (0.0–0.3)

0.1 (0.0–0.3)

1.5 (0.5–4.9)

0/2425

-

0

0

0

River Nile

50/3258

12.0 (7.9–18.4)

1.5 (1.1–2.0)

1.9 (1.4–2.5)

21.1 (15.7–28.3)

4/2988

102.1 (1.9–5636.4)

0.13 (0.05–0.36)

0.13 (0.05–0.37)

1.5 (0.6–4.1)

Kassala

6/3484

21.7 (3.7–126.5)

0.2 (0.1–0.4)

0.2 (0.1–0.3)

2.7 (1.3–6.1)

202/3441

43.3 (36.4–51.5)

5.87 (5.13–6.71)

4.54 (3.95–5.21)

81.3 (70.7–93.2)

Khartoum

299/5958

14.1 (11.6–17.2)

5.0 (4.5–5.6)

4.3 (3.8–4.8)

319.7 (284.1–359.0)

84/5514

37.0 (27.7–49.3)

1.52 (1.23–1.88)

1.27 (1.00–1.60)

94.2 (74.2–118.7)

Al Jazirah

30/5931

7.8 (4.8–12.6)

0.5 (0.3–0.7)

0.6 (0.4–0.8)

26.7 (18.4–38.2)

151/5710

58.5 (51.4–66.7)

2.64 (2.26–3.09)

2.58 (2.20–3.02)

118.7 (101.2–138.9)

Al Qadarif

82/6163

26.1 (16.0–42.5)

1.3 (1.1–1.6)

1.3 (0.9–1.7)

20.8 (15.6–28.0)

85/5821

2.3 (1.6–3.2)

0.15 (0.12–0.18)

1.56 (1.16–2.09)

25.8 (19.2–34.6)

Sennar

17/2804

10.9 (6.5–18.3)

0.6 (0.4–1.0)

0.7 (0.4–1.2)

9.1 (5.3–15.8)

18/2763

39.6 (24.3–64.4)

0.65 (0.41–1.03)

1.11 (0.67–1.83)

14.3 (8.6–23.5)

Blue Nile

99/3803

18.7 (15.6–22.4)

2.6 (2.1–3.2)

3.4 (2.8–4.2)

36.6 (29.8–45.0)

10/3709

16.4 (6.1–44.0)

0.3 (0.15–0.50)

0.32 (0.16–0.63)

3.4 (1.7–6.7)

White Nile

380/7264

11.0 (9.6–12.5)

5.2 (4.7–5.8)

3.7 (3.2–4.2)

75.0 (65.6–85.8)

5/6579

16.8 (3.7–76.9)

0.08 (0.03–0.18)

0.10 (0.04–0.25)

2.0 (0.8–5.1)

West Kordofan

419/10,459

7.4 (6.6–8.4)

4.0 (3.6–4.4)

3.6 (3.3–4.0)

63.5 (57.6–70.2)

2/10,190

26.9 (23.5–30.7)

0.02 (0.00–0.08)

0.03 (0.01–0.12)

0.5 (0.2–2.1)

North Kordofan

95/3626

6.0 (4.7–7.6)

2.6 (2.1–3.2)

2.3 (1.9–2.9)

47.3 (37.7–59.1)

1/3578

10

0.03 (0.00–0.20)

0.02 (0.00–0.11)

0.4 (0–2.2)

South Kordofan

469/8572

7.4 (6.6–8.3)

5.5 (5.0–6.0)

5.2 (4.7–5.7)

88.6 (80.4–97.4)

3/8402

4.3 (0.0–2311.0)

0.04 (0.01–0.11)

0.03 (0.01–0.09)

0.5 (0.7–4.3)

Northern

17/3762

31.9 (19.2–52.8)

0.5 (0.3–0.7)

0.2 (0.1–0.4)

1.7 (1.0–2.9)

1/3578

9

0.03 (0.00–0.20)

0.02 (0.00–0.15)

0.1 (0–1.1)

Central Darfur

152/3318

3.9 (3.3–4.5)

4.6 (3.9–5.3)

5.6 (4.7–6.6)

58.9 (49.8–69.7)

1/3175

24

0.03 (0.00–0.22)

0.01 (0.00–0.09)

0.1 (0–0.9)

East Darfur

797/4348

30.3 (27.8–33.1)

18.3 (17.2–19.5)

25.2 (23.7–26.9)

251.2 (235.6–267.5)

14/4252

18.5 (9.0–37.9)

0.33 (0.20–0.56)

0.40 (0.22–0.72)

4.0 (2.2–7.2)

West Darfur

62/4063

17.4 (11.5–26.4)

1.5 (1.2–2.0)

1.7 (1.3–2.2)

17.6 (13.4–23.1)

12/3944

74.4 (17.7–313.1)

0.30 (0.17–0.54)

0.21 (0.11–0.39)

2.2 (1.1–4.1)

North Darfur

80/6601

4.4 (3.6–5.5)

1.2 (1.0–1.5)

0.7 (0.5–0.9)

1.7 (1.3–2.3)

17/6562

3.1 (1.6–6.1)

0.26 (0.16–0.42)

0.23 (0.13–0.38)

6.1 (3.5–10.1)

South Darfur

2215/14,366

55.8 (51.7–60.2)

15.4 (14.8–16.0)

13.9 (13.3–14.6)

494.5 (472.1–518.0)

3/14,048

16.2 (0.8–333.4)

0.02 (0.01–0.06)

0.01 (0.00–0.05)

0.4 (0–1.8)

Total

5272/100,726

23.5 (22.4–24.7)

5.2 (5.1–5.4)

4.0 (3.6–4.5)

1538.2 (1385.0–1721.4)

613/96,679

26.9 (23.5–30.7)

0.06 (0.05–0.07)

0.06 (0.05–0.07)

355.5 (284.6–458.7)

  1. an, number of children infected; N, number of children examined (the values of N in Table 2 are slightly different from those in Table 3 because parasite counts were missing for some infected children
  2. bPopulations of districts in each state were weighted
  3. cPopulation unit: 1000 people