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. 2008 Mar 27;8:98. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-98

Table 1.

Distribution of geohelminths by age

Geohelminths 0 – 5 years 6 – 15 years
Hospital Community Hospital Community
A. lumbricoides 28(33.7) 6(37.5) 43(40.56) 13(56.5)
T. trichiura 18(21.7) 3(18.7) 18(16.9) 7(30.4)
Hookworm 24(28.9) 4(25.0) 22(20.7) 6(26.1)
S. stercoralis 2(2.4) - 5(4.7) -

Mixed infection

AL + TT 3(3.6) - 7(6.6) -
A + H 4(4.8) - 6(5.7) -
H + TT 4(4.8) - 5(4.7) -
Total 83 13 106 26

AL = A. lumbricoides, TT = T. trichirua, H = Hockworm

Note: Percentages are given in parenthesis.