Molecular diagnosis of urogenital schistosomiasis in pre-school children, school-aged children and women of reproductive age at community level in central Senegal

Table 2 Prevalence of schistosomiasis according to age and gender

Parameters		N	Hematuria		Micros				Real time PCR
			n (%)	P value	n (%)	P value	Eggs	P value	n (%)	P value	CT Means ± SD	P value
			n (%)	P value	n (%)	P value	Means ± SD	P value	n (%)	P value	CT Means ± SD	P value
Total		428	99 (23.1)		87 (20.3)		264 ± 344		148 (34.6)		31 ± 6
Age	Gender			0.517		0.139		-		0.082		0,010*
< 5 years	Boys	42	2 (4.8)		2 (4.8)		15 ± 19		8 (19.0)		32 ± 5
	Girls	45	1 (2.2)		0 (0.0)		-		3 (6.7)		36 ± 2
Age	Gender			0.045		0.019*		0.007*		0.405		0,094
5–14 years	Boys	150	52 (34.7)		52 (34.7)		355 ± 387		68 (45.3)		30 ± 6
	Girls	112	26 (23.2)		24 (21.4)		131 ± 163		45 (40.2)		31 ± 5

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