Table 2 Prevalence estimates of helminths infection per 1000 stool samples examined in Shwegyin township, Myanmar, stratified by location of villages and the type of laboratory method used, 2017
Helminth diversity | Prevalence estimates of helminths infection per 1000 stool samples examined | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Inland villages (n = 298) | Riverside villages (n = 400) | |||
Wet mount | Kato-Katz | Wet mount | Kato-Katz | |
Ascaris lumbricoides | 67 | 70 | 189 | 199 |
Trichuris trichiura | 1 | 33 | 142 | 211 |
Hookworm | 30 | 30 | 40 | 42 |
E. vermicularis | 3 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
S. stercoralis | 20 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
Taenia spp. | 7 | 10 | 2 | 5 |
Schistosoma spp. | 7 | 20 | 15 | 42 |
O. viverrani/C. sinensis (liver fluke) | 7 | 17 | 2 | 25 |
Paragonimus spp. (lung fluke) | 0 | 0 | 15 | 20 |