Table 4.

Prevalence of double and triple parasitic infections, stratified by age and sex among 400 primary schoolchildren in the Nyamatongo ward.

	Prevalence of double and triple infections
Variable		S. mansoni + P. falciparum	S. mansoni + Hookworm	P. falciparum + hookworm	P. falciparum + S. mansoni + hookworm
Sex	N	N (%)	N (%)	N (%)	N (%)
Female	204	14 (6.9%)	33 (16.2%)	5 (2.5%)	7 (3.4%)
Male	196	10 (5.1%)	40 (20.4%)	1(0.5%)	4 (2.1%)
Age (years)
≤ 10	83	4 (4.8%)	16 (19.3%)	0	2 (2.4%)
11 - 13	210	14 (6.7%)	33 (15.7%)	3(1.4%)	8 (3.8%)
14 - 16	107	24 (17.1%)	73 (57.4%)	6(1.42%)	1 (0.9%)
All age groups	400	42	122	9	11