Table 4.
Prevalence and intensities of geohelminths, by gender, age and season in the children attending hospital in Western Nepal
| Total no. of cases studied | Total no. of Positive cases (n = 189) | Cumulative Prevalence | Prevalence (%) | Intensity | ||||||||
| AL | TT | HW | AL | TT | HW | |||||||
| Range | AM/GM | Range | AM/GM | Range | AM/GM | |||||||
| Gender | Males (1204) | 99 | 8.2 | 37.3 | 21.2 | 25.2 | 146 – 112342 | 10572/4654 | 28 – 1278 | 454/268 | 886 – 8564 | 3732/2616 |
| Females (858) | 90 | 10.5 | 37.7 | 16.6 | 23.3 | 24 – 110124 | 12505/3233 | 24 – 924 | 518/307 | 232 – 5666 | 1443/1291 | |
| Age | 0 – 5 y (1099) | 83 | 7.5 | 33.7 | 21.6 | 28.9 | 146 – 66428 | 4008/1080 | 28 – 924 | 224/119 | 226 – 5486 | 2158/1359 |
| 6 – 15 y (963) | 106 | 11 | 40.5 | 16.9 | 20.7 | 24 – 112342 | 18696/2515 | 24 – 1278 | 146/146 | 232 – 8564 | 3112/2664 | |
| Season | Summer (641) | 65 | 10.1 | 39.4 | 22.5 | 32.3 | 258 – 99624 | 9820/2339 | 78 – 1278 | 566/384 | 226 – 7822 | 3138/2234 |
| Monsoon (994) | 93 | 9.3 | 39.0 | 23.8 | 30.4 | 24 – 112342 | 16110/1984 | 98 – 1034 | 474/337 | 1022 – 8564 | 3765/2804 | |
| Winter (304) | 21 | 6.9 | 55.5 | 14.8 | 18.5 | 138 – 88596 | 13228/1608 | 48 – 156 | 237/122 | 684 – 5172 | 4092/3625 | |
| Spring (123) | 10 | 8.1 | 53.3 | 13.3 | 33.3 | 356/2876 | 1357/841 | ND | ND | ND | ND | |
Note: AL – Ascaris lumbricoides; TT – Trichuris trichiura; HW – Hookworm