Table 2 Correlation of soil physico-chemical properties against occurrence of soil-transmitted helminthes
pH | Temperature | Conductivity | TOM | Hookworm (Larvae) | Hookworm (Ova) | S. stercoralis (Larvae) | T. trichiura (Ova) | A. lumbricoides (Ova) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
pH | 1 | ||||||||
Temperature | − 0.00 | 1 | |||||||
Conductivity | 0.04 | 0.42** | 1 | ||||||
TOM | − 0.04 | − 0.13 | − 0.07 | 1 | |||||
A. duodenale (larvae) | − 0.15 | − 0.53** | − 0.30* | 0.08 | 1 | ||||
A. duodenale (ova) | − 0.23 | 0.16 | 0.34** | 0.07 | 0.09 | 1 | |||
S. stercoralis (larvae) | − 0.20 | − 0.36** | − 0.23 | − 0.09 | 0.71** | 0.11 | 1 | ||
T. trichiura (ova) | − 0.18 | 0.08 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.11 | 0.30* | 0.04 | 1 | |
A. lumbricoides (ova) | − 0.06 | 0.09 | 0.28* | 0.06 | 0.07 | 0.50** | 0.02 | 0.17 | 1 |