Table 1.
No. of children examined | Parasite specie | Intensity of infection | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Negative (%) | Light | Moderate | Heavy | |||||||
2004 | 2006 | 2004 | 2006 | 2004 | 2006 | 2004 | 2006 | 2004 | 2006 | |
2885 | 1000 | T. trichiura | 57.5 | 69.0 | 32.3 | 27.2 | 10.0 | 3.8 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
A. lumbricoides | 39.6 | 79.9 | 23.1 | 10.9 | 31.1 | 7.3 | 6.7 | 1.9 | ||
Hookworm | 80.3 | 77.7 | 17.6 | 20.1 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 0.7 |