Helminth infections | Total (N = 1528) | Rural (n = 766) | Urban (n = 762) | Northern Province Vientianea (n = 378) | Northern Province Luang Prabanga (n = 363) | Southern Province Saravanea (n = 396) | Southern Province Champasacka (n = 391) |
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Any infection | 539 (35.3) | 332 (43.3) | 207 (27.2) | 113 (29.9) | 58 (16.0) | 193 (48.7) | 175 (44.8) |
Any trematode infection | 473 (31.0) | 286 (37.3) | 187 (24.5) | 108 (28.6) | 34 (9.4) | 174 (43.9) | 157 (40.2) |
Opisthorchis viverrini | 466 (30.5) | 282 (36.8) | 184 (24.1) | 106 (28.0) | 33 (9.1) | 171 (43.2) | 156 (39.9) |
Minute intestinal flukes | 96 (6.3) | 71 (9.3) | 25 (3.3) | 8 (2.1) | 0 (0) | 45 (11.4) | 43 (11.0) |
Paragonimus spp. | 4 (0.3) | 2 (0.3) | 2 (0.3) | 1 (0.3) | 1 (0.3) | 1 (0.3) | 1 (0.3) |
Any nematode infection | 117 (7.7) | 87 (11.4) | 30 (3.9) | 5 (1.3) | 26 (7.2) | 52 (13.1) | 34 (8.7) |
Hookworm | 73 (4.8) | 55 (7.2) | 18 (2.4) | 2 (0.5) | 10 (2.8) | 44 (11.1) | 17 (4.4) |
Strongyloides stercoralis | 40 (2.6) | 28 (3.7) | 12 (1.6) | 2 (0.5) | 12 (3.3) | 9 (2.3) | 17 (4.3) |
Ascaris lumbricoides | 4 (0.3) | 4 (0.5) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.3) | 3 (0.8) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
Trichuris trichiura | 7 (0.5) | 5 (0.7) | 2 (0.3) | 0 (0.0) | 4 (1.1) | 2 (0.5) | 1 (0.3) |
Cestodes (Taenia spp.) | 34 (2.2) | 25 (3.3) | 9 (1.2) | 12 (3.2) | 3 (0.8) | 13 (3.3) | 6 (1.5) |