TABLE 3.
Soil-transmitted helminths (STH) prevalence in the dogs’ excrement is categorized by the environment.
| Total | Positive | Prevalence (%) | 95% CI | OR | 95% CI | ||
| Total | Villages | 372 | 131 | 35.22 | 24.04–42.74 | 0.94 | 0.75–1.18 |
| Towns* | 1974 | 724 | 36.68 | 26.60–52.16 | |||
| Settlements** | 490 | 380 | 77.55 | – | 6.02 | 4.78–7.57 | |
| Toxocara canis | Villages | 372 | 62 | 16.67 | 20.01–53.93 | 1.24 | 0.94–1.72 |
| Towns* | 1974 | 268 | 13.58 | 7.77–20.26 | |||
| Settlements** | 490 | 194 | 39.59 | – | 4.01 | 3.23–4.97 | |
| family Ancylostomatidae | Villages | 372 | 41 | 11.02 | 3.49–47.77 | 0.91 | 0.64–1.29 |
| Towns* | 1974 | 237 | 12.01 | 3.99–25.79 | |||
| Settlements** | 490 | 272 | 55.51 | – | 9.28 | 7.47–11.54 | |
| Toxascaris leonina | Villages | 372 | 8 | 2.15 | 0–12.07 | 0.48 | 0.23–0.99 |
| Towns* | 1974 | 87 | 4.41 | 0–15.14 | |||
| Settlements** | 490 | 97 | 19.80 | – | 5.85 | 4.32–7.91 | |
| Trichuris vulpis | Villages | 372 | 27 | 7.26 | 0–49.04 | 0.95 | 0.61–1.49 |
| Towns* | 1974 | 133 | 6.74 | 1.33–15.69 | |||
| Settlements** | 490 | 110 | 22.45 | – | 4.04 | 3.1–5.28 | |
| Ascaris spp. | Villages | 372 | 4 | 1.08 | 0–49.04 | 5.35 | 1.33–21.5 |
| Towns* | 1974 | 4 | 0.20 | 0–0.82 | |||
| Settlements** | 490 | 217 | 44.29 | – | 232.30 | 113.45–475.66 | |
95% CI–95% Confidence Interval; OR, Odds Ratio; *-reference group for calculating OR in villages. **-reference group for calculating OR in settlements were towns and villages combined; –, unable to calculate due to lack of data.