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The study population surveyed in the Western Nepal and the intensities of geohelminths |
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| District |
Study year |
Total no. of stool examined (n = 2062) |
No. (%) of positive stool (n = 189) |
Intensity (epg) |
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| A. lumbricoides |
T. trichiura |
Hookworm |
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| Range |
AM/GM# |
Range |
AM/GM# |
Range |
AM/GM# |
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| Kaski |
1999 |
103 |
09(8.7) |
356–88596 |
31532/554 |
94–1034 |
594/399 |
4912–6012 |
5530/5510 |
| 2000 |
127 |
12(9.4) |
578–99624 |
26505/897 |
112–1212 |
734/492 |
4656–8564 |
6632/6431 |
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| 2001 |
173 |
12(6.9) |
412–110124 |
41262/3979 |
102–924 |
523/371 |
4438–5172 |
4877/4868 |
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| 2002 |
226 |
15(6.6) |
778–112342 |
48112/3888 |
88–1278 |
586/404 |
2516–5554 |
3284/3126 |
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| 2003 |
299 |
21(7.0) |
612–6778 |
2851/2071 |
48–720 |
269/169 |
1302–4122 |
2509/2316 |
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| 2004 |
353 |
24(6.8) |
824–4654 |
2398/1953 |
24–338 |
117/81 |
226–2986 |
1111/866 |
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| 2005* |
95 |
10(10.5) |
394–4654 |
1408/976 |
28–234 |
131/80 |
232–1016 |
568/475 |
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| Lamjung |
2002 |
25 |
03(12.0) |
9058 |
- |
264 |
- |
1058 |
- |
| 2003 |
31 |
04(12.9) |
572–4632 |
2602/1627 |
24 |
- |
4326 |
- |
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| 2004 |
38 |
05(13.2) |
498–3774 |
2136/1370 |
28–178 |
103/70 |
778 |
- |
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| 2005* |
21 |
03(14.3) |
216 |
- |
156 |
- |
3712 |
- |
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| Manang |
2002 |
27 |
01(3.7) |
4536 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| 2003 |
37 |
04(10.8) |
432 |
- |
578 |
- |
2002–4026 |
3014/2839 |
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| 2004 |
40 |
05(12.5) |
288–7800 |
3400/1680 |
222 |
- |
978–4128 |
2553/2009 |
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| 2005* |
19 |
02(10.5) |
616 |
- |
78 |
- |
- |
- |
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| Myagdi |
2002 |
15 |
02(13.3) |
456 |
- |
216 |
- |
- |
- |
| 2003 |
36 |
03(8.3) |
162–4566 |
2364/860 |
234 |
- |
- |
- |
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| 2004 |
45 |
05(11.1) |
24–4694 |
2460/669 |
198 |
- |
3766–4138 |
3952/3947 |
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| 2005* |
16 |
03(18.8) |
132 |
- |
- |
- |
1216–3004 |
2110/1911 |
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| Parrbat |
2002 |
11 |
03(27.2) |
1738 |
- |
308 |
- |
4778 |
- |
| 2003 |
23 |
04(17.4) |
2774–5788 |
4281/4006 |
554 |
- |
3126 |
- |
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| 2004 |
22 |
06(27.3) |
468–3118 |
1596/1205 |
172 |
- |
2112–4664 |
3388/3138 |
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| 2005* |
16 |
02(12.5) |
138–654 |
396/300 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
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| Baclung |
2003 |
25 |
02(8.0) |
2712 |
- |
416 |
- |
- |
- |
| 2004 |
54 |
05(9.3) |
492–1106 |
794/753 |
- |
- |
886–3626 |
2256/1792 |
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| 2005* |
36 |
03(8.3) |
146–1976 |
1061/537 |
- |
- |
5406 |
- |
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| Syangja |
2004 |
58 |
06(10.3) |
178–1576 |
707/484 |
- |
- |
566–4010 |
1934/1406 |
| 2005* |
23 |
06(26.0) |
224–1038 |
609/508 |
- |
- |
418–4116 |
1919/1281 |
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| Tanahu |
2004 |
43 |
03(7.0) |
258–4762 |
2494/1446 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| 2005* |
25 |
06(24.0) |
276–1274 |
764/639 |
172 |
- |
322–5236 |
3069/1832 |
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• * Up to May, 2005 •# AM = Arithmetic mean, GM = Geometric mean • Note: Percentages are given in parenthesis. | |||||||||
Mukhopadhyay et al. BMC Public Health 2008 8:98 doi:10.1186/1471-2458-8-98 |
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