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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Feb 23.
Published in final edited form as: Acta Trop. 2019 May 22;197:105035. doi: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2019.05.026

Table 1. Prevalence of soil-transmitted helminth infections by Province (%), in 2003 and 2017* .

Province
Kabul Balkh Herat Nangarhar Kandahar Total
2003 2017 2003 2017 2003 2017 2003 2017 2003 2017 2003 2017
Any STH
-Prevalence of infection 61.9 23.4 N/A 12.6 N/A 14.8 34.8 35.7 42.8 46.8 47.3 26.6
-Prevalence of moderate-to-heavy intensity infection 26.4 0 N/A 0 N/A 0 3.1 0 7.2 0 9.7 0
A. lumbricoides prevalence 57.3 23.4 N/A 12.6 N/A 14.1 27 33.1 37.4 45.5 40.9 25.7
T. trichiura prevalence 13 0.4 N/A 0 N/A 0.7 6.3 2.6 7.8 1.4 9.9 1
Hookworms prevalence 0 0 N/A 0 N/A 0 2.7 0 0 0.5 0.7 0.1
H. nana prevalence N/A 4.9 N/A 4.2 N/A 3.5 N/A 19.6 N/A 1.3 N/A 6.7
*

Balkh and Herat were not surveyed in 2003; H. nana data were not collected in 2003; surveyed children were aged 8-15 years in 2003 and 8-10 years in 2017