. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Apr 1.

Published in final edited form as: Int J Parasitol. 2008 Dec 3;39(5):591–597. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2008.10.014

Table 1.

Prevalence (% infected) of infection and mono- and co-infection with Schistosoma mansoni and hookworm among 27,729 schoolchildren from 395 schools in East Africa

	Study region				Total (range by school)
	Bondo, Kenya 2005	Busia, Kenya 2000	NW Tanzania 2005	Uganda 1999-2002	Total (range by school)
No. of children	1,092	1,677	8,617	16,343	27,729
S. mansoni	14.3	22.3	4.4	26.1	18.7 (0-97.3)
Hookworm	47.2	77.1	48.0	50.2	51.0 (0-95.7)
No infection	44.9	16.5	50.3	38.0	40.9 (0-100)
S. mansoni mono-infection	7.9	6.4	1.7	11.8	8.1 (0-80.0)
Hookworm mono-infection	40.8	61.2	45.2	35.9	40.5 (0-91.6)
Co-infection	6.4	15.9	2.8	14.3	10.5 (0-71.2)