Table 4.

Prevalence of schistosomes and soil-transmitted helminths among schoolchildren in Mara region

District	Locality	Helminth eggs in stool					S. haematobium eggs in urine
		No. exam.	S. mansoni	Hookworms	A. lumbricoides	T. trichiura	No. posit. (%)
			No. posit. (%)	No. posit. (%)	No. posit. (%)	No. posit. (%)
Tarime	Gamasara	157	25 (15.9)	20 (12.7)	3 (1.9)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
Tarime	Ochuna	155	0 (0.0)	10 (6.5)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
Rorya	Marasibora	147	1 (0.7)	9 (6.1)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
Rorya	Minigo	145	17 (11.7)	28 (19.3)	1 (0.7)	1 (0.7)	17 (11.7)
Musoma Urban	Mwisenge	169	61 (36.1)	4 (2.4)	7 (4.1)	1 (0.6)	0 (0.0)
Bunda	Guta “A”	125	2 (1.6)	3 (2.4)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	34 (27.2)
Bunda	Nyamitwebili	159	48 (30.2)	18 (11.3)	1 (0.6)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
Bunda	Bulamba	146	6 (4.1)	4 (2.7)	0 (0.0)	1 (0.7)	4 (2.7)
Total		1,203	160 (13.3)	96 (8.0)	12 (1.0)	3 (0.2)	58 (4.8)