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Table 2 Distribution of helminth eggs in wastewater, soil, and stool samples from seven wastewater irrigation farming sites along Akaki River Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from November 2021 to February 2022

From: Distribution of helminth eggs in environmental and stool samples of farming households along Akaki River in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Parasites

Wastewater %(n/N)

Soil % (n/N)

Farmer stool % (n/N)

Ascaris lumbricoides

67 (47/70)

25 (7/28)

10.5 (9/86)

Hookworm

10 (7/70)

21.4 (6/28)

6.9 (6/86)

Trichuris trichiura

5.7 (4/70)

10.7 (3/28)

1.2 (1/86)