Parasite class species | Number of infected cases (n) | (%) infections per species of parasites | (%) infections of those examined N = 384 | Parasite density |
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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 |