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Table 3 Post-treatment prevalence (%) and proportion of classes of S. mansoni infection by age group and sex in Sanja General Elementary School children, Sanja town, Tacharmachiho district, Northwest Ethiopia, from March to April 2017

From: Praziquantel is an effective drug for the treatment of Schistosoma Mansoni infection among school-aged children in Northwest Ethiopia

Variable

No. exam

No. pos

Post-treatment classes of intensity

% prevalence

% light (n)

Moderate % (n)

χ2 (p)

Age groups

 6–9 years

80

11

13.8

54.5(6)

45.5(5)

3.29(0.60)

 10–14 years

95

11

11.6

72.7(8)

27.3(3)

 

Sex

 Males

116

14

12.1

50(7)

50(7)

1.86(0.45)

 Females

60

9

15

77.8(7)

22.2(2)

 

Total

176

23

13.1

60.9 (14)

39.1 (9)

 
  1. χ2 chi-square, p p value, No number, Pos positive