Table 2

The study population surveyed in the Western Nepal and the intensities of geohelminths

District
Study year
Total no. of stool examined (n = 2062)
No. (%) of positive stool (n = 189)
Intensity (epg)









A. lumbricoides
T. trichiura
Hookworm









Range
AM/GM#
Range
AM/GM#
Range
AM/GM#

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

2001
173
12(6.9)
412–110124
41262/3979
102–924
523/371
4438–5172
4877/4868

2002
226
15(6.6)
778–112342
48112/3888
88–1278
586/404
2516–5554
3284/3126

2003
299
21(7.0)
612–6778
2851/2071
48–720
269/169
1302–4122
2509/2316

2004
353
24(6.8)
824–4654
2398/1953
24–338
117/81
226–2986
1111/866

2005*
95
10(10.5)
394–4654
1408/976
28–234
131/80
232–1016
568/475

Lamjung
2002
25
03(12.0)
9058
-
264
-
1058
-

2003
31
04(12.9)
572–4632
2602/1627
24
-
4326
-

2004
38
05(13.2)
498–3774
2136/1370
28–178
103/70
778
-

2005*
21
03(14.3)
216
-
156
-
3712
-

Manang
2002
27
01(3.7)
4536
-
-
-
-
-

2003
37
04(10.8)
432
-
578
-
2002–4026
3014/2839

2004
40
05(12.5)
288–7800
3400/1680
222
-
978–4128
2553/2009

2005*
19
02(10.5)
616
-
78
-
-
-

Myagdi
2002
15
02(13.3)
456
-
216
-
-
-

2003
36
03(8.3)
162–4566
2364/860
234
-
-
-

2004
45
05(11.1)
24–4694
2460/669
198
-
3766–4138
3952/3947

2005*
16
03(18.8)
132
-
-
-
1216–3004
2110/1911

Parrbat
2002
11
03(27.2)
1738
-
308
-
4778
-

2003
23
04(17.4)
2774–5788
4281/4006
554
-
3126
-

2004
22
06(27.3)
468–3118
1596/1205
172
-
2112–4664
3388/3138

2005*
16
02(12.5)
138–654
396/300
-
-
-
-

Baclung
2003
25
02(8.0)
2712
-
416
-
-
-

2004
54
05(9.3)
492–1106
794/753
-
-
886–3626
2256/1792

2005*
36
03(8.3)
146–1976
1061/537
-
-
5406
-

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

Tanahu
2004
43
03(7.0)
258–4762
2494/1446
-
-
-
-

2005*
25
06(24.0)
276–1274
764/639
172
-
322–5236
3069/1832

• * 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