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Table 3 Prevalence of Plasmodium falciparum and intestinal parasitic infection, stratified by age and sex

From: Prevalence and clinical outcomes of Plasmodium falciparum and intestinal parasitic infections among children in Kiryandongo refugee camp, mid-Western Uganda: a cross sectional study

 

Parasite species

 

N

Pf

TT

HW

GL

T.sp

SS

SM

Age

  < 5

74

39(52.7)

2(2.7)

0(0)

1(2.5)

4(10.25)

0(0.0)

1(2.5)

 5–14

402

223(55.7)

0(0.00)

2(0.89)

6(2.6)

10(4.48)

1(0.45)

11(4.9)

P-Value

 

0.000*

0.992

0.993

0.989

0.993

0.992

0.964

Male

256

123(25.8)

0

0

3(2.15

7(5.03)

1(0.72)

7(5.03)

Female

220

139(29.2)

2(0.91)

2(1.61)

4(3.25

7(5.69)

0(0.0)

5(4.06)

P-Value

 

0.323

0.992

0.993

0.744

0.754

0.991

0.117

Totals

476

262

2

2

7

14

1

12

  1. Key: Pf = P. falciparum, T.sp = Taenia spp., GL = Giardia lamblia, SS=Strongyloides stercoralis, TT = Trichuris trichiura, SM = Schistosoma mansoni and HW=Hookworms