Table 1 Prevalence (%) of S. mansoni and other intestinal helminth infections among schoolchildren in Bochessa Primary School children, Ziway, 2011
Helminth species | Kato-Katz | Formol-ether | Prevalence difference (95% CI) | P value for the difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
S. mansoni | 35.7 | 39.3 | 3.6 (− 0.4, 11.6) | 0.3789 |
T. trichiura | 26.9 | 36.1 | 9.2 (1.5, 16.9) | 0.0191 |
A. lumbricoides | 24.1 | 35.6 | 11.5 (4.0, 19.0) | 0.0029 |
E. vermicularis | 2.1 | 2.9 | 0.8 (− 0.02, 0.33) | 0.544 |
Hookworms | 2.1 | 10.0 | 7.9 (4.0, 11.8) | < 0.001 |
S. stercoralis | – | 1.4 | – | – |
H. nana | 1.07 | 4.3 | 3.2 (0.1, 5.9) | 0.0181 |
Taenia spp. | 2.1 | 2.9 | 0.8 (− 0.2, 3.4) | 0.544 |