Reduced efficacy of single-dose albendazole against Ascaris lumbricoides, and Trichuris trichiura, and high reinfection rate after cure among school children in southern Ethiopia: a prospective cohort study

Table 7 Factors associated with reinfection for Ascaris lumbricoides and Trichuris trichiura at week 8 of single dose albendazole mass drug administration

Factors	Category	A. lumbricoides			T. trichiura
Factors	Category	Total n	Reinfected (%)	P value	Total n	Reinfected (%)	P value
Age group	≤ 9 years	89	16.9	0.76	24	62.5	0.37
Age group	≥ 10 years	278	18.7	0.76	119	50.4	0.37
Sex	Male	187	17.1	0.59	71	57.7	0.24
Sex	Female	180	19.4	0.59	72	47.2	0.24
School	Bushulo	128	9.4	0.001	45	42.2	0.23
	Finchawa	11	9.1		2	100
	K. Pawulos	50	14.0		15	53.3
	Wosha	178	26.4		81	56.8
Pretreatment infection intensity	Light	255	18.0	0.54	140	51.4	0.25
	Moderate	99	20.2		3	100
	Heavy	13	7.7		0	0
Coinfection with other STH parasites	Yes	223	22.9	0.005	116	55.2	0.20
Coinfection with other STH parasites	No	144	11.1	0.005	27	40.7	0.20

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