Table 2.
Intensity of infection for T. trichiura, A. lumbricoides and S. mansoni by age group and sex
| Age |
Status of Helminths infection § |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
T. trichiura |
A. lumbricoides |
S. mansoni |
||||||||||
|
N (%) |
N (%) |
N (%) |
||||||||||
| Neg | light | moderate | heavy | Neg | Light | Moderate | Heavy | Neg | Light | Moderate | Heavy | |
| < 9 |
71 |
52 |
14 |
2 |
85 |
26 |
25 |
5 |
119 |
10 |
7 |
3 |
| 10-19 |
39 |
57 |
14 |
1 |
51 |
23 |
35 |
4 |
71 |
17 |
8 |
15 |
| 20-29 |
48 |
38 |
10 |
2 |
53 |
23 |
18 |
3 |
77 |
13 |
3 |
5 |
| 30-39 |
22 |
9 |
6 |
0 |
17 |
10 |
9 |
1 |
25 |
6 |
5 |
1 |
| 40-49 |
13 |
7 |
2 |
1 |
11 |
6 |
5 |
1 |
20 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
| ≥50 |
11 |
9 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
4 |
4 |
1 |
17 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
| Total |
|
172 |
46 |
6 |
|
92 |
87 |
15 |
|
51 |
24 |
25 |
| Sex |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Male |
108 |
98 |
25 |
3 |
122 |
49 |
55 |
8 |
173 |
32 |
14 |
16 |
| Female | 96 | 74 | 21 | 3 | 107 | 43 | 41 | 7 | 156 | 19 | 10 | 9 |
Neg, No intestinal parasites; § Infection status was defined according to classes of intensity used by WHO (WHO, 2002.