Table 2.
Prevalence of Opisthorchis viverrini, Schistosoma mekongi, soil-transmitted helminth and other intestinal helminth infections among study participants from two islands (Done Khon and Done Som) of Khong District (n = 994)
| Parasites | Positive, n (%) (n = 994) |
Done Khon, n (%) (n = 475) |
Done Som, n (%) (n = 519) |
x 2 | P-valuea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trematodes | |||||
| Opisthorchis viverrini | 603 (60.7) | 202 (42.5) | 401 (77.3) | 125.4 | <0.001 |
| Schistosoma mekongi | 221 (22.2) | 112 (23.6) | 109 (21.0) | 0.9 | 0.329 |
| Soil-transmitted helminth | |||||
| Hookworm | 438 (44.1) | 196 (41.3) | 242 (46.6) | 2.9 | 0.090 |
| Trichuris trichiura | 41 (4.1) | 21 (4.4) | 20 (3.9) | 0.2 | 0.653 |
| Ascaris lumbricoides | 6 (0.6) | 6 (1.3) | 0 | 6.6 | 0.010 |
| Cestodes | |||||
| Taeniaspp. | 1 (0.1) | 1 (0.2) | 0 | 1.1 | 0.296 |
| Multiparasitism | |||||
| No infection | 202 (20.3) | 127 (26.7) | 75 (14.5) | ||
| Single species | 379 (38.1) | 197 (41.5) | 182 (35.1) | ||
| Multiple species | 413 (40.5) | 151 (31.8) | 261 (40.5) | 43.9 | <0.001 |
P-valuea: the comparison between Done Khone and Done Som Island