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Table 1 Prevalence and intensity of S. mansoni with age and sex at Ayder referral hospital, 2016

From: Under diagnosis of intestinal schistosomiasis in a referral hospital, North Ethiopia

 

S. mansoni infection

Total n (%)

Positive n (%)

Negative n (%)

Mean intensity (EPG)

Gender

 Male

23 (15.8)

123 (84.2)

201

146 (100)

 Female

17 (12.7)

117 (87.3)

169

134 (100)

Age (years)

 5–9

4 (9.3%)

39 (90.7%)

203

43 (100)

 10–14

9 (17.6)

42 (82.4)

224

51 (100)

 ≥ 15

27 (14.5)

159 (85.5)

168

186 (100)