Table 2. Prevalence of soil-transmitted helminth infections among primary school children in the four surveyed districts (N = 1157).
| Number and (%) of children found positive per district* | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall (N = 1157) | Araria (N = 300) | Aurangabad (N = 322) | Muzaffarpur (N = 330) | Gopalganj (N = 327) | |
| A. lumbricoides | 600 (51.9) | 191 (72.1) | 74 (25.0) | 137 (45.7) | 198 (66.9) |
| T. trichiura | 54 (4.7) | 30 (11.3) | 5 (1.7) | 15 (5.0) | 4 (1.4) |
| Hookworm | 483 (41.8) | 86 (32.5) | 119 (40.2) | 116 (38.7) | 162 (54.7) |
| Any Infection ^ | 786 (67.9) | 211 (79.6) | 145 (49.0) | 187 (62.3) | 243 (82.1) |
| Total Single Infection | 456 (58.0) | 128 (60.7) | 94 (64.8) | 111 (59.4) | 123 (50.6) |
| A. lumbricoides & T. trichiura # | 16 (5.2) | 8 (11.4) | 0 | 7 (9.9) | 1 (0.8) |
| A. lumbricoides & hookworm # | 287 (92.9) | 61 (87.1) | 47 (95.9) | 62 (87.3) | 117 (98.3) |
| T. trichiura & hookworm # | 6 (1.9) | 1 (1.4) | 2 (4.1) | 2 (2.8) | 1 (0.8) |
| Total Double infection | 309 (26.7) | 70 (33.2) | 49 (33.8) | 71 (38.0) | 119 (49.0) |
| Triple Infection | 21 (1.8) | 13 (6.2) | 2 (1.4) | 5 (2.7) | 1 (0.4) |
* denominators vary due to missing data
^ refers to number of children positive for at least one species of soil transmitted helminth
# Percentages calculated using the total number of children with double infections