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. 2019 Sep 5;12:429. doi: 10.1186/s13071-019-3689-z

Table 2.

Prevalence of Schistosoma haematobium and Schistosoma mansoni and infected population by state

State S. haematobium S. mansoni
n/Na Geometric mean intensity (95% CI) Population prevalence (95% CI) Weighted population prevalenceb (95% CI) Infected population (× 1000)c n/Na Geometric mean intensity (95% CI) Population prevalence (95% CI) Weighted population prevalenceb (95% CI) Infected population (× 1000)c
Red Sea 3/2946 17.8 (0.1–3980.6) 0.1 (0.0–0.3) 0.1 (0.0–0.3) 1.5 (0.5–4.9) 0/2425 - 0 0 0
River Nile 50/3258 12.0 (7.9–18.4) 1.5 (1.1–2.0) 1.9 (1.4–2.5) 21.1 (15.7–28.3) 4/2988 102.1 (1.9–5636.4) 0.13 (0.05–0.36) 0.13 (0.05–0.37) 1.5 (0.6–4.1)
Kassala 6/3484 21.7 (3.7–126.5) 0.2 (0.1–0.4) 0.2 (0.1–0.3) 2.7 (1.3–6.1) 202/3441 43.3 (36.4–51.5) 5.87 (5.13–6.71) 4.54 (3.95–5.21) 81.3 (70.7–93.2)
Khartoum 299/5958 14.1 (11.6–17.2) 5.0 (4.5–5.6) 4.3 (3.8–4.8) 319.7 (284.1–359.0) 84/5514 37.0 (27.7–49.3) 1.52 (1.23–1.88) 1.27 (1.00–1.60) 94.2 (74.2–118.7)
Al Jazirah 30/5931 7.8 (4.8–12.6) 0.5 (0.3–0.7) 0.6 (0.4–0.8) 26.7 (18.4–38.2) 151/5710 58.5 (51.4–66.7) 2.64 (2.26–3.09) 2.58 (2.20–3.02) 118.7 (101.2–138.9)
Al Qadarif 82/6163 26.1 (16.0–42.5) 1.3 (1.1–1.6) 1.3 (0.9–1.7) 20.8 (15.6–28.0) 85/5821 2.3 (1.6–3.2) 0.15 (0.12–0.18) 1.56 (1.16–2.09) 25.8 (19.2–34.6)
Sennar 17/2804 10.9 (6.5–18.3) 0.6 (0.4–1.0) 0.7 (0.4–1.2) 9.1 (5.3–15.8) 18/2763 39.6 (24.3–64.4) 0.65 (0.41–1.03) 1.11 (0.67–1.83) 14.3 (8.6–23.5)
Blue Nile 99/3803 18.7 (15.6–22.4) 2.6 (2.1–3.2) 3.4 (2.8–4.2) 36.6 (29.8–45.0) 10/3709 16.4 (6.1–44.0) 0.3 (0.15–0.50) 0.32 (0.16–0.63) 3.4 (1.7–6.7)
White Nile 380/7264 11.0 (9.6–12.5) 5.2 (4.7–5.8) 3.7 (3.2–4.2) 75.0 (65.6–85.8) 5/6579 16.8 (3.7–76.9) 0.08 (0.03–0.18) 0.10 (0.04–0.25) 2.0 (0.8–5.1)
West Kordofan 419/10,459 7.4 (6.6–8.4) 4.0 (3.6–4.4) 3.6 (3.3–4.0) 63.5 (57.6–70.2) 2/10,190 26.9 (23.5–30.7) 0.02 (0.00–0.08) 0.03 (0.01–0.12) 0.5 (0.2–2.1)
North Kordofan 95/3626 6.0 (4.7–7.6) 2.6 (2.1–3.2) 2.3 (1.9–2.9) 47.3 (37.7–59.1) 1/3578 10 0.03 (0.00–0.20) 0.02 (0.00–0.11) 0.4 (0–2.2)
South Kordofan 469/8572 7.4 (6.6–8.3) 5.5 (5.0–6.0) 5.2 (4.7–5.7) 88.6 (80.4–97.4) 3/8402 4.3 (0.0–2311.0) 0.04 (0.01–0.11) 0.03 (0.01–0.09) 0.5 (0.7–4.3)
Northern 17/3762 31.9 (19.2–52.8) 0.5 (0.3–0.7) 0.2 (0.1–0.4) 1.7 (1.0–2.9) 1/3578 9 0.03 (0.00–0.20) 0.02 (0.00–0.15) 0.1 (0–1.1)
Central Darfur 152/3318 3.9 (3.3–4.5) 4.6 (3.9–5.3) 5.6 (4.7–6.6) 58.9 (49.8–69.7) 1/3175 24 0.03 (0.00–0.22) 0.01 (0.00–0.09) 0.1 (0–0.9)
East Darfur 797/4348 30.3 (27.8–33.1) 18.3 (17.2–19.5) 25.2 (23.7–26.9) 251.2 (235.6–267.5) 14/4252 18.5 (9.0–37.9) 0.33 (0.20–0.56) 0.40 (0.22–0.72) 4.0 (2.2–7.2)
West Darfur 62/4063 17.4 (11.5–26.4) 1.5 (1.2–2.0) 1.7 (1.3–2.2) 17.6 (13.4–23.1) 12/3944 74.4 (17.7–313.1) 0.30 (0.17–0.54) 0.21 (0.11–0.39) 2.2 (1.1–4.1)
North Darfur 80/6601 4.4 (3.6–5.5) 1.2 (1.0–1.5) 0.7 (0.5–0.9) 1.7 (1.3–2.3) 17/6562 3.1 (1.6–6.1) 0.26 (0.16–0.42) 0.23 (0.13–0.38) 6.1 (3.5–10.1)
South Darfur 2215/14,366 55.8 (51.7–60.2) 15.4 (14.8–16.0) 13.9 (13.3–14.6) 494.5 (472.1–518.0) 3/14,048 16.2 (0.8–333.4) 0.02 (0.01–0.06) 0.01 (0.00–0.05) 0.4 (0–1.8)
Total 5272/100,726 23.5 (22.4–24.7) 5.2 (5.1–5.4) 4.0 (3.6–4.5) 1538.2 (1385.0–1721.4) 613/96,679 26.9 (23.5–30.7) 0.06 (0.05–0.07) 0.06 (0.05–0.07) 355.5 (284.6–458.7)

an, number of children infected; N, number of children examined (the values of N in Table 2 are slightly different from those in Table 3 because parasite counts were missing for some infected children

bPopulations of districts in each state were weighted

cPopulation unit: 1000 people