Epidemiological and clinical correlates of malaria-helminth co-infections in southern Ethiopia

Malaria Journal

Table 2 Intensity of infection for T. trichiura, A. lumbricoides and S. mansoni by age group and sex

Age	Status of Helminths infection §
	*T. trichiura*		*A. lumbricoides*							*S. mansoni*
	N (%)		N (%)							N (%)
	Neg	light	moderate	heavy	Neg	Light	Moderate	Heavy	Neg	Light	Moderate	Heavy
< 9	71	52	14	2	85	26	25	5	119	10	7	3
10-19	39	57	14	1	51	23	35	4	71	17	8	15
20-29	48	38	10	2	53	23	18	3	77	13	3	5
30-39	22	9	6	0	17	10	9	1	25	6	5	1
40-49	13	7	2	1	11	6	5	1	20	2	1	0
≥50	11	9	0	0	12	4	4	1	17	3	0	1
Total		172	46	6		92	87	15		51	24	25
Sex
Male	108	98	25	3	122	49	55	8	173	32	14	16
Female	96	74	21	3	107	43	41	7	156	19	10	9

Neg, No intestinal parasites; § Infection status was defined according to classes of intensity used by WHO (WHO, 2002.

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