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Table 1 Prevalence of intestinal parasites infection among inmates of Kisii prison

From: Risk factors associated with intestinal parasitic infections among inmates of Kisii prison, Kisii county, Kenya

Parasite class species

Number of infected cases (n)

(%) infections per species of parasites

(%) infections of those examined N = 384

Parasite density

Single infections

 Protozoa

  E. histolytica/E. dispar

31

53.4

8.1

2.57

  G. lamblia

23

39.7

6

1.6

  B. coli

4

6.9

1.0

2.3

Sub-total protozoa

58

100

15.1

 

 Helminthes

  A. lumbricoides

19

79.2

4.9

2.66

  Hookworms

2

8.3

0.5

2.45

  S. stercoralis

2

8.3

0.5

2.37

  T. trichiura

1

4.2

0.3

1.3

Sub-total helminthes

24

100

5.2

 

 Mixed infections

  A. lumbricoides + G. lamblia

5

38.5

1.3

2.77

  +E. histolytica/E. dispar

3

23.1

0.8

2.69

  A. lumbricoides + E. histolytica/E. dispar

2

15.4

0.5

2.71

  A. lumbricoides + G. lamblia + E. histolytica/E. dispar

2

15.4

0.5

2.63

  G. lamblia + Taenia spp.

1

7.7

0.3

 

Sub-total mixed infections

13

100

3.5

 

Overall total number of infections

95

 

24.74