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Table 2 Prevalence of STH and S. mansoni in children attending Gorgora and Chuahit Elementary Schools, Northwest Ethiopia from January 20 to February 25, 2012

From: Current status of soil transmitted helminths and Schistosoma mansoni infection among children in two primary schools in North Gondar, Northwest Ethiopia: a cross sectional study

Parasite identified

Male (Nā€‰=ā€‰139)

Female (Nā€‰=ā€‰122)

Total (Nā€‰=ā€‰261)

X2

P-value

Ā 

No%

No%

No%

Ā Ā 

S. mansoni

40

28.7

48

39.3

88

33.7

3.324

0.072

A. lumbricoides

57

41

47

38.5

104

39.8

0.167

0.683

T. trithiura

7

5

9

7.3

16

6.1

0.619

0.431

Hookworms

8

5.7

5

4

13

4.9

0.619

0.431

Others

6

4.3

5

4

11

4.2

Ā Ā 

Total

118

84.8

114

93.4

232

88.8

Ā Ā