Appendix Table A.2.
Prevalence (%) of parasitic infections by age in the three departments.
| Parasite species |
Total | Toumodi |
Total | Djékanou |
Total | Taabo |
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| <5 years | 5–9 years | 10–14 years | 15–19 years | 20-24 years | ≥25 years | p | <5 years | 5–9 years | 10–14 years | 15–19 years | 20–24 years | ≥25 years | p | <5 years | 5–9 years | 10–14 years | 15-19 years | 20–24 years | ≥25 years | p | ||||
| Helminths | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Schistosoma haematobium | 57 (7.0) | 3 (6.8) | 17 (6.2) | 27 (8.1) | 4 (8.9) | 1 (14.3) | 5 (4.7) | 0.767 | 23 (2.2) | 1 (1.1) | 5 (1.3) | 13 (3.6) | 4 (6.3) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0.018a | 82 (3.4) | 6 (2.9) | 29 (3.2) | 24 (3.1) | 9 (8.3) | 4 (7.6) | 10 (2.5) | 0.032a |
| Schistosoma mansoni | 18 (2.2) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (0.7) | 9 (2.7) | 3 (6.7) | 0 (0.0) | 4 (3.8) | 0.086 | 8 (0.8) | 1 (1.1) | 2 (0.5) | 3 (0.8) | 1 (1.6) | 1 (5.3) | 0 (0.0) | 0.215 | 94 (3.8) | 0 (0.0) | 33 (3.7) | 43(5.5) | 4 (3.7) | 3(5.7) | 11 (2.8) | 0.008a |
| Hookworm | 278 (34.2) | 4 (9.1) | 77 (27.9) | 137 (41.0) | 23 (51.1) | 3 (42.9) | 34 (32.1) | <0.0013a | 369 (35.3) | 8 (8.9) | 115 (29.6) | 175 (49.0) | 33 (51.6) | 7 (36.8) | 31 (24.4) | <0.001a | 266 (10.9) | 9 (4.4) | 78 (8.7) | 108 (13.8) | 17 (15.6) | 11 (20.8) | 43 (10.8) | <0.001a |
| Trichuris trichiura | 4 (0.5) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.4) | 2 (0.6) | 1 (2.2) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0.594 | 13 (1.2) | 2 (2.2) | 7 (1.8) | 2 (0.6) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (1.6) | 0.521 | 51 (2.1) | 0 (0.0) | 21 (2.3) | 14 (1.8) | 4 (3.7) | 1 (1.9) | 11 (2.8) | 0.202 |
| Ascaris lumbricoides | 3 (0.4) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (0.7) | 1 (0.3) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0.884 | 1 (0.1) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.3) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0.890 | 8 (0.3) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (0.3) | 5 (0.6) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0.435 |
| Intestinal protozoa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Entamoeba coli | 331 (40.7) | 8 (18.2) | 102 (37.0) | 143 (42.8) | 17 (37.8) | 4 (57.1) | 57 (53.8) | 0.001a | 443 (42.4) | 11 (12.2) | 157 (40.4) | 177 (49.6) | 27 (42.2) | 10 (52.6) | 61 (48.0) | <0.001a | 955 (39.0) | 37 (18.1) | 341 (37.9) | 318 (40.6) | 41 (37.6) | 23 (43.4) | 195 (49.0) | <0.001a |
| Endolima x nana | 179 (22.0) | 8 (18.2) | 42 (15.2) | 82 (24.6) | 11 (24.4) | 0 (0.0) | 36 (34.0) | 0.001a | 223 (21.3) | 4 (4.4) | 81 (20.8) | 96 (26.9) | 12 (18.8) | 5 (26.3) | 25 (19.7) | <0.001a | 440 (18.0) | 17 (8.3) | 146 (16.2) | 151 (19.3) | 16 (14.7) | 12 (22.7) | 98 (24.6) | <0.001a |
| Giardia lamblia | 105 (12.9) | 5 (11.4) | 42 (15.2) | 50 (15.0) | 5 (11.1) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (2.8) | 0.020a | 139 (13.3) | 11 (12.2) | 66 (17.0) | 45 (12.6) | 5 (7.8) | 2 (10.5) | 10 (7.9) | 0.080 | 320 (13.1) | 26 (12.7) | 151 (16.8) | 102 (13.0) | 14 (12.8) | 2 (3.8) | 25 (6.3) | <0.001a |
| Blastocystis hominis | 74 (9.1) | 2 (4.6) | 27 (9.8) | 29 (8.7) | 3 (6.7) | 1 (14.3) | 12 (11.3) | 0.775 | 93 (8.9) | 3 (3.3) | 39 (10.0) | 32 (9.0) | 7 (10.9) | 4 (21.1) | 8 (6.3) | 0.113 | 231(9.4) | 12 (5.9) | 92 (10.2) | 63 (8.1) | 18 (16.5) | 6 (11.3) | 40 (10.1) | 0.031a |
| Iodamoeba bütschlii | 68 (8.4) | 3 (6.8) | 22 (8.0) | 33 (9.9) | 4 (8.9) | 0 (0.0) | 6 (5.7) | 0.722 | 75 (7.2) | 1 (1.1) | 25 (6.4) | 35 (9.8) | 6 (9.4) | 0 (0.0) | 8 (6.3) | 0.050 | 211 (8.6) | 5 (2.4) | 73 (8.1) | 81 (10.3) | 10 (9.1) | 3 (5.7) | 39 (9.8) | 0.013a |
| Entamoeba histolytica/dispar | 46 (5.7) | 1 (2.3) | 11 (4.0) | 19 (5.7) | 3 (6.7) | 2 (28.6) | 10 (9.4) | 0.032a | 45 (4.3) | 1 (1.1) | 14 (3.6) | 18 (5.0) | 5 (7.8) | 0 (0.0) | 7 (5.5) | 0.270 | 149 (6.1) | 5 (2.4) | 53 (5.9) | 53 (6.8) | 6 (5.5) | 6 (11.3) | 26 (6.5) | 0.145 |
| Chilomastix mesnili | 42 (5.1) | 0 (0.0) | 11 (4.0) | 22 (6.6) | 3 (6.7) | 0 (0.0) | 6 (5.7) | 0.393 | 52 (5.0) | 2 (2.2) | 16 (4.1) | 17 (4.8) | 4 (6.3) | 2 (10.5) | 11 (8.7) | 0.206 | 113 (4.6) | 8 (3.9) | 45 (5.0) | 33 (4.2) | 3 (2.8) | 2 (3.8) | 22 (5.5) | 0.772 |
| Entamoeba hartmanni | 8 (1.0) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (1.1) | 3 (0.9) | 1 (2.2) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.9) | 0.938 | 18 (1.7) | 0 (0.0) | 10 (2.6) | 3 (0.8) | 2 (3.1) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (2.4) | 0.282 | 46 (1.9) | 0 (0.0) | 19 (2.1) | 13 (1.7) | 3 (2.8) | 1 (1.9) | 10 (2.5) | 0.335 |
Toumodi (n = 812; >5 years = 44, 5–9 years = 276, 10–14 years = 334, 15–19 years = 45, 20–24 years = 7, ≥25 years = 106), Djékanou (n = 1,046; <5 years = 90, 5–9 years = 389, 10–14 years = 357, 15–19 years = 64, 20–24 years = 19, ≥25 years = 127), Taabo (n = 2,447; <5 years = 205, 5–9 years = 899, 10–14 years = 783, 15–19 years = 109, 20–24 years = 53, ≥25 years = 398).
a
Pearson's X2 test.