Table 5.
Frequency of STH infection grouping obtained in the two municipalities studied and in the total R.A.A.N. (Nicaragua).
| Puerto Cabezas N = 318 |
Siuna N = 417 |
R.A.A.N N = 735 |
p value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| na | %b | n | % | n | % | ||
| STH combination | 295 | 92.8 | 158 | 37.9 | 453 | 61.6 | 0.0001 |
| 1 STH | 96 | 30.2 | 91 | 21.8 | 187 | 25.4 | 0.679 |
| T. trichiura | 81 | 25.5 | 67 | 16.1 | 148 | 20.1 | 0.130 |
| A. lumbricoides | 14 | 4.4 | 15 | 3.6 | 29 | 3.9 | 0.999 |
| Hookworm | 1 | 0.3 | 9 | 2.2 | 10 | 1.4 | 0.001 |
| 2 STH | 174 | 54.7 | 53 | 12.7 | 227 | 30.9 | 0.0001 |
| T. trichiura + A. lumbricoides | 173 | 54.4 | 30 | 7.2 | 203 | 27.6 | 0.0001 |
| T. trichiura + Hookworm | 1 | 0.3 | 23 | 5.5 | 24 | 3.3 | 0.0001 |
| 3 STH | 25 | 7.9 | 14 | 3.4 | 39 | 5.3 | 0.023 |
| T. trichiura + A. lumbricoides + Hookworm | 25 | 7.9 | 14 | 3.4 | 39 | 5.3 | 0.023 |
aPositive students in the group.
bPercentage.