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Table 2 Distribution of parasite infections by age and location

From: Prevalence of and risk factors for malaria, filariasis, and intestinal parasites as single infections or co-infections in different settlements of Gabon, Central Africa

 

Age group, in years

Location

< 5

5–15

> 15

P

Urban

Suburban

Rural

P

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

 

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

 

P. falciparum malaria (N = 85)a

23 (17.6)

52 (42.3)

7 (4.7)

< 0.01

7 (5.7)

71 (39.7)

7 (4.7)

< 0.01

Blood filariasis (N = 26)b

1 (0.8)

1 (0.8)

17 (11.5)

6 (4.8)

0 (0.0)

20 (13.4)

Intestinal parasites (N = 165)c

23 (39.6)

28 (50.0)

86 (73.5)

< 0.01

50 (68.5)

29 (38.2)

86 (71.1)

< 0.01

Protozoan (N = 153)d

22 (37.9)

30 (53.6)

84 (71.8)

< 0.01

49 (67.1)

27 (35.5)

79 (65.3)

< 0.01

Helminths (N = 60)e

8 (13.8)

8 (14.3)

29 (24.8)

0.19

8 (11.0)

2 (2.6)

50 (41.3)

< 0.01

Polyparasitism (N = 112)f

15 (20.3)

22 (26.5)

55 (43.6)

< 0.01

7 (18.4)

9 (10.0)

76 (49.0)

< 0.01

  1. a Ages known for 82 Plasmodium-infected participants
  2. b Ages known for 19 filariae-infected participants
  3. c Ages known for 137 intestinal parasite-infected participants
  4. d Ages known for 136 intestinal protozoa-infected participants
  5. e Ages known for 45 intestinal helminth-infected participants
  6. f Both ages and locations known for 92 participants with polyparasitism