Table 1

Background characteristics		S. haematobium infection	S. mansoni infection	S. haematobium + S. mansoni infection
Background characteristics		No infected (% infected)	No infected (% infected)	No infected (% infected)
Total population	920	305 33.2	182 19.8	439 (47.7)
Male	573	213 37.2	122 21.3	296 (51.7)
Female	347	93 26.8	60 17.3	143 (41.2)
In-school	473	134 28.4	118 24.9	231 (48.8)
Not-in- school	447	172 38.5	64 14.3	208 (46.5)

Schistosoma spp	Classification of intensity	Schooling status
Schistosoma spp	Classification of intensity	In-school % infected	Not-in-school % infected
S. haematobium	Light (1-49 eggs/10 mL urine	81	84
	Moderate (50-100 eggs/10 mL urine	6	6
	Heavy ≥100 eggs/10 mL urine	13	10
S. mansoni	Light (1-99 epg of stool)	61	92
	Moderate (100-399 epg of stool)	24	8
	Heavy (≥400 epg of stool)	15	0

Table 1: Prevalence and intensity of schistosomiasis infection among school-age children in an irrigation community in rural northern Ghana.