Table 2.
The study population surveyed in the Western Nepal and the intensities of geohelminths
| District | Study year | Total no. of stool examined (n = 2062) | No. (%) of positive stool (n = 189) | Intensity (epg) | |||||
| A. lumbricoides | T. trichiura | Hookworm | |||||||
| Range | AM/GM# | Range | AM/GM# | Range | AM/GM# | ||||
| Kaski | 1999 | 103 | 09(8.7) | 356–88596 | 31532/554 | 94–1034 | 594/399 | 4912–6012 | 5530/5510 |
| 2000 | 127 | 12(9.4) | 578–99624 | 26505/897 | 112–1212 | 734/492 | 4656–8564 | 6632/6431 | |
| 2001 | 173 | 12(6.9) | 412–110124 | 41262/3979 | 102–924 | 523/371 | 4438–5172 | 4877/4868 | |
| 2002 | 226 | 15(6.6) | 778–112342 | 48112/3888 | 88–1278 | 586/404 | 2516–5554 | 3284/3126 | |
| 2003 | 299 | 21(7.0) | 612–6778 | 2851/2071 | 48–720 | 269/169 | 1302–4122 | 2509/2316 | |
| 2004 | 353 | 24(6.8) | 824–4654 | 2398/1953 | 24–338 | 117/81 | 226–2986 | 1111/866 | |
| 2005* | 95 | 10(10.5) | 394–4654 | 1408/976 | 28–234 | 131/80 | 232–1016 | 568/475 | |
| Lamjung | 2002 | 25 | 03(12.0) | 9058 | - | 264 | - | 1058 | - |
| 2003 | 31 | 04(12.9) | 572–4632 | 2602/1627 | 24 | - | 4326 | - | |
| 2004 | 38 | 05(13.2) | 498–3774 | 2136/1370 | 28–178 | 103/70 | 778 | - | |
| 2005* | 21 | 03(14.3) | 216 | - | 156 | - | 3712 | - | |
| Manang | 2002 | 27 | 01(3.7) | 4536 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2003 | 37 | 04(10.8) | 432 | - | 578 | - | 2002–4026 | 3014/2839 | |
| 2004 | 40 | 05(12.5) | 288–7800 | 3400/1680 | 222 | - | 978–4128 | 2553/2009 | |
| 2005* | 19 | 02(10.5) | 616 | - | 78 | - | - | - | |
| Myagdi | 2002 | 15 | 02(13.3) | 456 | - | 216 | - | - | - |
| 2003 | 36 | 03(8.3) | 162–4566 | 2364/860 | 234 | - | - | - | |
| 2004 | 45 | 05(11.1) | 24–4694 | 2460/669 | 198 | - | 3766–4138 | 3952/3947 | |
| 2005* | 16 | 03(18.8) | 132 | - | - | - | 1216–3004 | 2110/1911 | |
| Parrbat | 2002 | 11 | 03(27.2) | 1738 | - | 308 | - | 4778 | - |
| 2003 | 23 | 04(17.4) | 2774–5788 | 4281/4006 | 554 | - | 3126 | - | |
| 2004 | 22 | 06(27.3) | 468–3118 | 1596/1205 | 172 | - | 2112–4664 | 3388/3138 | |
| 2005* | 16 | 02(12.5) | 138–654 | 396/300 | - | - | - | - | |
| Baclung | 2003 | 25 | 02(8.0) | 2712 | - | 416 | - | - | - |
| 2004 | 54 | 05(9.3) | 492–1106 | 794/753 | - | - | 886–3626 | 2256/1792 | |
| 2005* | 36 | 03(8.3) | 146–1976 | 1061/537 | - | - | 5406 | - | |
| Syangja | 2004 | 58 | 06(10.3) | 178–1576 | 707/484 | - | - | 566–4010 | 1934/1406 |
| 2005* | 23 | 06(26.0) | 224–1038 | 609/508 | - | - | 418–4116 | 1919/1281 | |
| Tanahu | 2004 | 43 | 03(7.0) | 258–4762 | 2494/1446 | - | - | - | - |
| 2005* | 25 | 06(24.0) | 276–1274 | 764/639 | 172 | - | 322–5236 | 3069/1832 | |
• * Up to May, 2005
•# AM = Arithmetic mean, GM = Geometric mean
• Note: Percentages are given in parenthesis.