Table 1.
Prevalence (% infected) of infection and mono- and co-infection with Schistosoma mansoni and hookworm among 27,729 schoolchildren from 395 schools in East Africa.
| Study region |
Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bondo, Kenya 2005 | Busia, Kenya 2000 | NW Tanzania 2005 | Uganda 1999–2002 | (range by school) | |
| No. of children | 1092 | 1677 | 8617 | 16,343 | 27,729 |
| S. mansoni | 14.3 | 22.3 | 4.4 | 26.1 | 18.7 (0–97.3) |
| Hookworm | 47.2 | 77.1 | 48.0 | 50.2 | 51.0 (0–95.7) |
| No infection | 44.9 | 16.5 | 50.3 | 38.0 | 40.9 (0–100) |
| S. mansoni mono-infection | 7.9 | 6.4 | 1.7 | 11.8 | 8.1 (0–80.0) |
| Hookworm mono-infection | 40.8 | 61.2 | 45.2 | 35.9 | 40.5 (0–91.6) |
| Co-infection | 6.4 | 15.9 | 2.8 | 14.3 | 10.5 (0–71.2) |