Table 3.
Type of intestinal helminths parasite | No. of positivity | Pooled prevalence with 95% CI | I-squared |
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A. lumbricoides | 9273 | 10.84 (9.34, 12.34) | 99.2%, p ≤ 0.001 |
Hookworm | 8471 | 8.89 (7.75, 10.04) | 98.9%, p ≤ 0.001 |
S. mansoni | 2979 | 4.22 (3.64, 4.81) | 98.2%, p ≤ 0.001 |
T. trichiura | 1887 | 2.51 (2.17, 2.86 | 96.9%, p ≤ 0.001 |
H. nana | 1386 | 2.29 (1.96, 2.63), | 91.7% p ≤ 0.001 |
Taenia species | 619 | 1.01 (0.80, 1.22) | 91.0%, p ≤ 0.001 |
S. stercoralis | 598 | 1.17 (0.92, 1.41) | 90.8%, p ≤ 0.001 |
E. vermicularis | 381 | 0.71 (0.52, 0.90) | 85.5%, p ≤ 0.001 |