Table 3.
Prevalence and Intensity of Schistosoma mansoni infections by villages
| Karima N (%) |
Rurumi N (%) |
Kasarani N (%) |
Kirogo N (%) |
Kamucege N (%) |
Block N (%) |
Gakungu N (%) |
Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S. mansoni | ||||||||
| Positive | 21 | 72 | 34 | 7 | 29 | 19 | 27 | 209 |
| Negative | 93 | 158 | 87 | 93 | 99 | 86 | 80 | 696 |
| Prevalence | 18.4 | 31.3 | 28.1 | 7 | 22.7 | 18.1 | 25.2 | 23.1 |
| OR (95% CI) | 0.669(0.351–1.274) | 1.350(0.805–2.266) | 1.158(0.642–2.088) | 0.223(0.092–0.540) | 0.868(0.476–1.584) | 0.655(0.338–1.268) | REF | |
| P-value | 0.220 | 0.255 | 0.626 | < 0.001 | 0.644 | 0.207 | ||
| Intensity | ||||||||
| Light (1–99 epg) | 20 | 46 | 19 | 6 | 24 | 17 | 24 | 156 |
| Moderate (100–399 epg) | 1 | 19 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 41 |
| Heavy (≥400 epg) | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
N = 905 Karima N = 114, Rurumi N = 230, Kasarani N = 121, Kirogo N = 100, Kamucege N = 128, Block N = 105, Gakungu =107