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Prevalence and intensities of geohelminths, by gender, age and season in the children attending hospital in Western Nepal |
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| Total no. of cases studied |
Total no. of Positive cases (n = 189) |
Cumulative Prevalence |
Prevalence (%) |
Intensity |
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| AL |
TT |
HW |
AL |
TT |
HW |
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| Range |
AM/GM |
Range |
AM/GM |
Range |
AM/GM |
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| Gender |
Males (1204) |
99 |
8.2 |
37.3 |
21.2 |
25.2 |
146 – 112342 |
10572/4654 |
28 – 1278 |
454/268 |
886 – 8564 |
3732/2616 |
| Females (858) |
90 |
10.5 |
37.7 |
16.6 |
23.3 |
24 – 110124 |
12505/3233 |
24 – 924 |
518/307 |
232 – 5666 |
1443/1291 |
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| Age |
0 – 5 y (1099) |
83 |
7.5 |
33.7 |
21.6 |
28.9 |
146 – 66428 |
4008/1080 |
28 – 924 |
224/119 |
226 – 5486 |
2158/1359 |
| 6 – 15 y (963) |
106 |
11 |
40.5 |
16.9 |
20.7 |
24 – 112342 |
18696/2515 |
24 – 1278 |
146/146 |
232 – 8564 |
3112/2664 |
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| Season |
Summer (641) |
65 |
10.1 |
39.4 |
22.5 |
32.3 |
258 – 99624 |
9820/2339 |
78 – 1278 |
566/384 |
226 – 7822 |
3138/2234 |
| Monsoon (994) |
93 |
9.3 |
39.0 |
23.8 |
30.4 |
24 – 112342 |
16110/1984 |
98 – 1034 |
474/337 |
1022 – 8564 |
3765/2804 |
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| Winter (304) |
21 |
6.9 |
55.5 |
14.8 |
18.5 |
138 – 88596 |
13228/1608 |
48 – 156 |
237/122 |
684 – 5172 |
4092/3625 |
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| Spring (123) |
10 |
8.1 |
53.3 |
13.3 |
33.3 |
356/2876 |
1357/841 |
ND |
ND |
ND |
ND |
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Note: AL – Ascaris lumbricoides; TT – Trichuris trichiura; HW – Hookworm | ||||||||||||
Mukhopadhyay et al. BMC Public Health 2008 8:98 doi:10.1186/1471-2458-8-98 |
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