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. 2015 Jul 2;15:600. doi: 10.1186/s12889-015-1952-6

Table 3.

Infection intensity of S. mansoni and the STHs detected among the school children in Mizan-Aman Town, 2013

Parasite species Infection intensity
Light n(%) Moderate n(%) Heavy n(%) Mean egg count (epg)
S. mansoni (n = 206) 72 (35) 125 (60.7) 9 (4.4) 175 ± 107
A. lumbricoides (n = 132) 76 (57.6) 49 (37.1) 7 (5.3) 15,263 ± 1,9857
T. trichiura (n = 86) 32 (37.2) 51 (59.3) 3 (3.5) 3295 ± 4163

epg eggs per gram