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Table 3 Prevalence of helminths and intestinal protozoa infections in schoolchildren, Burkina Faso, February 2015

From: Prevalence and risk factors of undernutrition among schoolchildren in the Plateau Central and Centre-Ouest regions of Burkina Faso

Variable

Trematodes

Total schistosomiasisa

[n (%)]

Nematodes

Cestodes

Total faecal-oral transmitted helminthsc

[n (%)]

Protozoa

Total

protozoa

[n (%)]

S. haematobium a

[n (%)]

S. mansoni a

[n (%)]

Hookworm

[n (%)]

H. nana b

[n (%)]

Entamoeba histolytica/E. dispar

[n (%)]

Entamoeba coli

[n (%)]

Giardia intestinalis

[n (%)]

Trichomonas intestinalis

[n (%)]

Balantidium coli

[n (%)]

Sex

 Female (188)

7 (3.7)

0 (0)

7 (3.7)

0 (0)

11 (5.9)

11 (5.9)

131 (69.7)

67 (35.6)

44 (23.4)

39 (20.7)

1 (0.5)

161 (85.6)

 Male (197)

8 (4.1)

1 (0.5)

9 (4.6)

3 (1.5)

14 (7.1)

16 (8.1)c

125 (63.5)

77 (39.1)

64 (32.5)

51 (25.9)

0 (0)

165 (83.8)

Age group

 8–11 year (251)

8 (3.2)

0 (0)

8 (3.2)

2 (0.8)

13 (5.2)

15 (6.0)

163 (64.9)

93 (37.1)

69 (27.5)

51 (20.3)

0 (0)

209 (83.3)

 12–14 years (134)

7 (5.2)

1 (0.8)

8 (6.0)

1 (0.8)

12 (9.0)

12 (9.0)c

93 (69.4)

51 (38.1)

39 (29.1)

39 (29.1)

1 (0.8)

117 (87.3)

Region

 Plateau Central (198)

8 (4.0)

0 (0)

8 (4.0)

1 (0.5)

5 (2.5)

6 (3.0)

110 (55.6)

65 (32.8)

49 (24.8)

55 (27.8)

0 (0)

157 (79.3)

 Centre-Ouest (187)

7 (3.7)

1 (0.5)

8 (4.3)

2 (1.1)

20 (10.7)

21 (11.2)c

146 (78.1)

79 (42.3)

59 (31.6)

35 (18.7)

1 (0.5)

169 (90.4)

Total (385)

15 (3.9)

1 (0.3)

16 (4.2)

3 (0.8)

25 (6.5)

27 (7.0)

256 (66.5)

144 (37.4)

108 (28.1)

90 (23.4)

1 (0.3)

326 (84.7)

  1. a Schistosoma haematobium, Schistosoma mansoni
  2. b Hymenolepis nana
  3. c The category of total faecal-oral transmitted helminths includes children infected with hookworm and Hymenolepis nana. There is one child co-infected with hookworm and Hymenolepis nana.