Table 2.
Prevalencea of helminths and malaria infection at Month 7, by age group and overall.
| 10–14 years (N = 107) n (%) |
15–19 years (N = 138) n (%) |
20–25 years (N = 53) n (%) |
All ages (N = 298) n (%) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S. mansonib | 20 (19.6) | 42 (32.1) | 6 (12.0) | 68 (24.0) |
| Hookwormb | 2 (2.0) | 7 (5.3) | 7 (14.0) | 16 (5.7) |
| S. stercoralisb | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A. lumbricoidesb | 2 (2.0) | 0 | 0 | 2 (0.7) |
| T. trichiurab | 2 (2.0) | 1 (0.8) | 3 (6.0) | 6 (2.1) |
| Taenia spp.b | 0 | 0 | 1 (2.0) | 1 (0.4) |
| S. haematobium | 1 (0.9) | 1 (0.7) | 0 | 2 (0.7) |
| Any helminthc | 25 (24.5) | 48 (36.6) | 13 (26.0) | 86 (30.4) |
| Malariad | 14 (14.1) | 10 (7.5) | 5 (9.6) | 29 (10.2) |
| Number of infectionse | ||||
| None | 62 (64.6) | 74 (57.8) | 33 (67.4) | 169 (61.9) |
| 1 | 27 (28.1) | 47 (36.7) | 10 (20.4) | 84 (30.8) |
| 2 | 6 (6.3) | 7 (5.5) | 6 (12.2) | 19 (7.0) |
| 3 | 1 (1.0) | 0 | 0 | 1 (0.4) |
a
Prevalence of each infection is among those without missing data for that organism.
b
Missing helminth results for 5 participants in 10–14 years age group, 7 in the 15–19 years age group and 3 in the 20–25 years age group.
c
Among 283 participants with complete data on all helminths.
d
Missing malaria results from 8 participants in the 10–14 years age group, 4 particpants in the 15–19 years age group and 1 participant in the 20–25 years age group.
e
Among 273 participants with complete data on all infections.