Table 4 Prevalence and intensity of intestinal helminths and protozoa infections among children [N = 962]
Parasite (No. of samples examined =962) | Prevalence of intestinal parasites [n (%)] | Sex | P-value | Age group | P-value | Study Site | P-value | Mean eggs per gram±SE (epgb) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Male | Female | < 5 years | > 5 years | Surkhet A [n(%)] | Surkhet B [n (%)] | Dailekh [n (%)] | Accham [n (%)] | ||||||
Nematodes | |||||||||||||
Trichuris trichiuraa | 7 (0.7) | 4 (0.7) | 3 (0.7) | 0.99 | 1 (0.2) | 6 (1.6) | 0.01 | 2 (0.8) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (1.7) | 2 (0.8) | 0.23 | 4.15 ± 43.0 |
Hookworma | 31 (3.2) | 16 (2.9) | 15 (3.6) | 0.54 | 18 (3.0) | 13 (3.6) | 0.64 | 13 (5.0) | 7 (2.5) | 8 (4.5) | 3 (1.2) | 0.06 | 16.8 ± 92.6 |
Enterobius vermicularisa | 26 (2.7) | 15 (2.7) | 11 (2.7) | 0.94 | 14 (2.4) | 12 (3.3) | 0.38 | 3 (1.2) | 4 (1.4) | 9 (5.1) | 10 (4.0) | 0.02 | 20.8 ± 99.4 |
Ascaris lumbricoidesa | 203 (21.1) | 114(20.8) | 89(21.5) | 0.79 | 140(23.5) | 63(17.3) | 0.02 | 46(17.8) | 68 (24.5) | 68(38.4) | 21 (8.4) | 0.01 | 110 ± 238.4 |
Cestodes | |||||||||||||
Hymenolepsis nanaa | 44 (4.6) | 18 (3.3) | 26 (6.3) | 0.03 | 27 (4.5) | 17 (4.7) | 0.92 | 1 (0.4) | 9 (3.2) | 10 (5.7) | 24 (9.6) | 0.01 | 34.4 ± 152.2 |
Intestinal protozoa | |||||||||||||
Giardia lamblia | 225 (23.4) | 144 (26.3) | 81 (19.6) | 0.02 | 145 (24.3) | 80 (21.9) | 0.40 | 67 (26.0) | 12 (4.3) | 33 (18.6) | 113 (45.4) | 0.01 | |