Table 2.
Distribution of intestinal helminth species among cases and controls
| Malaria status | Intestinal helminths, N (%) | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asc | Hw | Tt | Ev | A+H | A+T | A+E | Tae | H+E | H+T | H.pos | H.neg | Total | |
| Case | 12 (10.4) | 4 (3.5) | 1 (0.9) | 0 (0) | 2 (1.7) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 2 (1.7) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 21 (18.3) | 94 (81.7) | 115 (100) |
| Control | 309 (23.3) | 108 (8.1) | 6 (0.5) | 5 (0.4) | 21 (1.6) | 1 (0.1) | 2 (0.2) | 1 (0.1) | 1 (0.1) | 1 (0.1) | 455 (34.3) | 872 (65.7) | 132 (100) |
| Total | 321 (22.3) | 122 (8.5) | 7 (0.5) | 5 (0.4) | 23 (1.6) | 1 (0.1) | 2 (0.1) | 3 (0.2) | 1 (0.1) | 1 (0.1) | 476 (33.0) | 966 (67.0) | 1,442 (100) |
A+E = Ascaris sp. and E. vermicularis; A+H = Ascaris sp. and hookworm; Asc = Ascaris sp.; A+T = Ascaris sp. and T. trichiura; Ev = Enterobius vermicularis; H+E = hookworm and E. vermicularis; H.neg = helminth negative; H.pos = helminth positive; H+T = hookworm and T. trichiura; Hw = hookworm; Tae = Taenia sp.; Tt = T. trichuria.