Table 1.
Prevalence and intensity of intestinal helminths in eastern settings of Côte d'Ivoire.
| Intestinal helminths | Study villages | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ahéoua | Soribadougou | Pokoukro | Prakro | Yadio | Yaobabikro | |
| Schistosoma mansoni, n (%) | 9 (2.9) | 5 (1.4) | 13 (2.4) | 18 (6.2) | 1 (0.4) | 1 (0.6) |
| Ascaris lumbricoides, n (%) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (0.6) | 8 (1.5) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
| Trichuris trichiura, n (%) | 2 (0.7) | 4 (1.2) | 2 (0.4) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (0.8) | 1 (0.6) |
| Hookworm, n (%) | 6(2.0)c | 97(28.0)a | 143(26.7)a | 73(25.3)a | 14(5.7)b | 21(11.6)b |
| Geometric mean, epg | 126.4α | 313.1β | 135.2α | 162α | 139.3α | 141.4α |
| (95% CI) | (22.7-703.4) | (241.7-405.5) | (107.3-170.4) | (116.4-225.4) | (68.8-282.2) | (81.6-244.9) |
| Level of intensity | ||||||
| No, n′ (%) | 300 (98.0) | 250 (72.0) | 393 (73.3) | 216 (74.8) | 230 (94.3) | 160 (88.4) |
| Light, n (%) | 5 (1.6) | 90 (25.9) | 138 (25.7) | 70 (24.3) | 13 (5.3) | 20 (11.0) |
| Moderate, n (%) | 1 (0.4) | 2 (0.6) | 3 (0.6) | 2 (0.6) | 1 (0.4) | 0 (0.0) |
| Heavy, n (%) | 0 (0.0) | 5 (1.5) | 2 (0.4) | 1 (0.3) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.6) |
| Total, N (%) | 306 (100) | 347 (100) | 536 (100) | 289 (100) | 244 (100) | 181 (100) |
N: number of participants per study village, n: number of infected participants, n′: number of noninfected participants, epg: number of egg per gram of stool, %: percentage, a, b, c: Chi-squared test significant ( p≤0.05), and α, β: Kruskal-Wallis and independent t-tests significant ( p≤0.05).