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Table 3 Prevalence of Schistosoma haematobium and Schistosoma mansoni by intensity

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

State

S. haematobium

S. mansoni

Light infection (< 50 eggs/10 ml)

Heavy infection (≥ 50 eggs/10 ml)

Light infection (< 100 epg)

Moderate infection (100–399 epg)

Heavy infection (≥ 400 epg)

n/Na

%

n/Na

%

n/Na

%

n/Na

%

n/Na

%

Red Sea

2/2944

0.07

1/2944

0.03

0/2425

0.00

0/2425

0.00

0/2425

0.00

River Nile

42/3216

1.31

8/3216

0.25

2/2986

0.07

4/2986

0.13

2/2986

0.07

Kassala

4/3480

0.11

2/3480

0.06

161/3244

4.96

202/3244

6.23

5/3244

0.15

Khartoum

228/5730

3.98

71/5730

0.12

72/5434

1.32

84/5434

1.55

4/5434

0.07

Al Jazirah

27/5904

0.46

3/5904

0.05

126/5563

2.26

151/5563

2.71

4/5563

0.07

Al Qadarif

49/6114

0.80

33/6114

0.54

82/5736

1.43

85/5736

1.48

0/5736

0.00

Sennar

17/2787

0.61

0/2787

0.00

16/2745

0.58

18/2745

0.66

0/2745

0.00

Blue Nile

88/3715

2.37

11/3715

0.30

9/3699

0.24

10/3699

0.27

0/3699

0.00

White Nile

331/6933

4.77

49/6933

0.71

5/6574

0.08

5/6574

0.08

0/6574

0.00

West Kordofan

386/10,073

3.83

33/10,073

0.33

2/10,188

0.02

2/10,188

0.02

0/10,188

0.00

North Kordofan

94/3532

2.66

1/3532

0.03

1/3577

0.03

0/3577

0.00

0/3577

0.00

South Kordofan

435/8173

5.35

34/8137

0.42

3/8399

0.04

3/8399

0.04

0/8399

0.00

Northern

11/3751

0.29

6/3751

0.16

1/3532

0.03

0/3532

0.00

0/3532

0.00

Central Darfur

152/3166

4.80

0/3166

0.00

1/3174

0.03

0/3174

0.00

0/3174

0.00

East Darfur

485/3863

12.56

312/3863

8.08

13/4238

0.31

14/4238

0.33

0/4238

0.00

West Darfur

46/4017

1.15

16/4017

0.40

6/3936

0.15

12/3936

0.30

4/3936

0.10

North Darfur

77/6524

1.18

3/6524

0.05

17/6545

0.26

17/6545

0.26

0/6545

0.00

South Darfur

933/13,084

7.13

1282/13,084

9.79

3/14,045

0.02

3/14,045

0.02

0/14,045

0.00

Total

3407/96,970

3.51

1865/96,970

1.92

520/96,040

0.54

613/96,040

0.64

19/96,040

0.02

  1. an, number of children infected; N, number of children examined (the N in this table is different from that in Table 2 because the parasite count was missing for some infected children