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Table 1 Prevalence of soil-transmitted helminth infections in mothers and their infants in the Butajira birth cohort, Ethiopia, 2007

From: Prevalence and risk factors for soil-transmitted helminth infection in mothers and their infants in Butajira, Ethiopia: a population based study

Soil-transmitted helminths

Children (N = 905) No (%)

Mothers (N = 908) No (%)

Hookworms

21 (2.3)

328 (36.1)

Ascaris lumbricoides

13 (1.5)

80 (8.8)

Trichuris trichiura

4 (0.4)

30 (3.3)

Strongyloides stercoralis

10 (1.1)

29 (3.2)

Any soil-transmitted helminth infection

44 (4.9)

395 (43.5)

Prevalence of single infection

40 (4.4)

329 (36.2)

Prevalence of double infection

4 (0.4)

60 (6.6)

Prevalence of triple infection

0 (0)

6 (0.7)

  1. N = total number of study participants