Table 1 Prevalence of Schistosoma infection in children aged 9–12 years in the six schools of a large SCORE study in western Côte d’Ivoire in October 2016
From: Characteristics of persistent hotspots of Schistosoma mansoni in western Côte d’Ivoire
Variable | Children examined | S. mansoni | S. haematobium | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | 95% CI | % | 95% CI | |
Sex | |||||
Boys | 150 | 10.1 | 5.5–17.1 | 1.3 | 0.2–4.8 |
Girls | 124 | 8.8 | 2.2–21.4 | 4.0 | 1.3–9.1 |
Age groupa (years) | |||||
9–10 | 166 | 9.0 | 4.3–16.6 | 0.0 | 0.0–1.8 |
11–12 | 108 | 10.2 | 2.4–23.2 | 6.5 | 1.0–19.2 |
Schools | |||||
Persistent hotspot school | |||||
Gbadrou | 44 | 13.6 | 5.2–27.4 | 0.0 | 0.0–6.6 |
Mona | 46 | 4.3 | 0.5–14.8 | 0.0 | 0.0–6.3 |
Ziondrou | 44 | 22.7 | 11.5–37.8 | 4.5 | 0.6–15.5 |
Zoukougbeu | 49 | 4.1 | 0.5–14.0 | 8.2 | 0.2–16.1 |
Total | 183 | 10.9 | 6.4–15.5 | 3.3 | 1.2–7.0 |
Low-prevalence school | |||||
Tobly Bangolo | 46 | 8.7 | 2.4–20.8 | 0.0 | – |
Zê | 45 | 4.4 | 0.5–15.1 | 2.2 | 0.1–11.8 |
Total | 91 | 6.6 | 1.4–11.8 | 1.1 | 0.0–6.0 |