Table 3.
Age-sex distribution of the parasites combination (polyparasitism) among the study participants
| Polyparasitism type | Frequency | Gender | Age group (years) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | ≤15 | >15 | ||
| Double infection | |||||
| HW + AL | 52 | 24 | 28 | 32 | 20 |
| HW + TT | 11 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 4 |
| AL + TT | 8 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 |
| HW + EV | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| HW + HN | 6 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| HW + SS | 6 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| HW + TS | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| HW + EH/D | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| AL + SM | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| HW + SM | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| TT + SM | 2 | 2 | - | 1 | 1 |
| TT + SS | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - |
| TT + HN | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| TT + EV | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| AL + SS | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| AL + EH/D | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| AL + EV | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Triple infection | |||||
| HW + AL + TT | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| HW + TT + HN | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - |
| HW + AL + SS | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - |
| HW + AL + TS | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| HW + AL + EV | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| HW + AL + HN | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| HW + TT + TS | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - |
Key: HW Hookworm, AL A. lumbricoides, TT T. trichiura, EV E. vermicularis, TS Taenia species, HN H. nana, SS S. stercolaris, EH/D E. histolytica/dispar, SM S. mansoni