Table 3.

Infection intensity in all egg-positive children recruited from Barombi Kotto and around Yoro river.

Egg burden	Around barombi kotto S. haematobium (N = 43)	Yoro village S. mansoni (N = 124)
NUMBER OF EGGS# [GM (95% CI)]
All cases	78 (62.9–96.6)	81.7 (68.5–97.6)
Male	67.3 (47.1–96.1)	71.2 (58.3–86.9)
Female	83.1 (63.1–109.5)	96.1 (70.4–131.4)
CLASS OF PARASITE LOAD## [N (%)]
Light	(<50 eggs/10 ml urine)	(<100 eggs/g feces)
All cases	13 (30)	75 (60.5)
Male	5	47
Female	8	28
Moderate	(N/A)	([100–400[eggs/g feces)
All cases	N/A	41 (33.1)
Male	N/A	17
Female	N/A	24
Heavy	(≥50 eggs/10 ml urine)	(≥400 eggs/g feces)
All cases	30 (70)	8 (6.4)
Male	8	3
Female	22	5

GM, Geometric mean; 95% CI, 95% Confidence Interval;

^#Mann-Whitney test, male x female p = 0.44 in BK and p = 0.21 in Y;

^##Chi-square or Fishers exact test, male × female, p = 0.44 in BK and p = 0.036 in Y.