Table 4.

Parasitology of the soil samples ingested by geophagous pregnant women in Ebonyi State, Nigeria

Local soil types	Number	Mean	Number of	Number of	Nematode species
	geophagous	weight(g) of	samples	samples with
	women	soil type eaten	analysed for	nematode
		daily	nematode	eggs/larvae
			eggs/larvae
Nzu	194(52.4)	50.2 ± 2.9	24	3	A. lumbricoides(ova) T. trichiura(ova)
Ejaakika	39(10.5)	40.0 ± 6.4	15	10	A. lumbricoides(ova) Hookworm (larvae) S. stercoralis larvae
Ejauno	87(23.5)	56.2 ± 5.7	25	6	A. lumbricoides(ova) T. trichiura(ova)
Ukwaka	50(13.5)	53.0 ± 3.5	6	2	A. lumbricoides(ova)

Number in parenthesis =percentages