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Table 4 Prevalence of co-infections, stratified by communities, sex and age among 493 primary schoolchildren

From: Infection of Plasmodium falciparum and helminths among school children in communities in Southern and Northern Ghana

Variable

N

P. falciparum + S. mansoni

P. falciparum + S. haematobium

P. falciparum + T. trichiura

S. mansoni + S. haematobium

n (%)

p (95% CI)

n (%)

p (95% CI)

n (%)

p (95% CI)

n (%)

p (95% CI)

Site

Ada Foah

184

5 (2.7)

0.94 (0.72–1.41)

3 (1.6)

0.54 (1.42–2.34)

2 (1.09)

0.09 (0.56–1.93)

0(0)

0.09 (0.86–2.04)

Pediatorkope

125

0 (0)

1 (0.9)

0 (0)

3 (2.9)

Tuanikope

64

1(1.6)

0(0)

0 (0)

0(0)

Sex

Male

241

4(1.9)

0.48 (1.14–2.1)

1(0.4)

0.23 (1.42–2.34)

0(0)

0.09 (0.56–1.93)

3(1.2)

0.08 (1.24–3.36)

Female

252

2 (0.9)

3 (1.2)

2 (0.9)

0(0)

Age

 < 6

86

1(1.6)

0.78 (0.83–3.52)

0(0)

0.16 (0.86–2.81)

0(0)

0.10 (1.12–2.36)

0(0)

0.09 (1.16–2.86)

6–10

236

2 (0.9)

2 (0.9)

2 (0.9)

2 (0.9)

11–15

171

3 (1.7)

2(0.9)

0(0)

1(0.6)