Soil Contamination and Infection of School Children by Soil-Transmitted Helminths and Associated Factors at Kola Diba Primary School, Northwest Ethiopia: An Institution-Based Cross-Sectional Study
Table 4
Parasitic contamination of soil (n = 150) at Kola Diba primary school, Northwest Ethiopia.
Helminth Species
Site of soil sample collection
Class entrance (n = 25)
School toilet entrance (n = 25)
Inside the classroom (n = 25)
Back of the classroom (n = 25)
Play-yard (n = 25)
Home entrance (n = 25)
Total Pos (%)
A. lumbricoides
0
4 (2.7%)
0
3 (2%)
1 (0.6%)
6 (4%)
14 (9.3)
T. trichiura
0
2 (1.3)
0
2 (1.3%)
0
2 (1.3)
6 (4.0)
Eimeria oocyst
0
0
0
0
0
6 (4%)
6 (4.0)
Total
0
6 (4%)
0
5 (3.3%)
1 (0.6%)
14 (9.3%)
26 (17.3)
Notice: Pos = positive; n = number of soil samples taken at each site
