Table 4 Distribution of intestinal parasites infections among inmates of Kisii prison according to jail terms
% infestation rates of inmates according to prison units (N = 384) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Parasite class/species | ST (n = 140) | MT (n = 187) | SLT (n = 83) | % infestation of total |
Protozoa | ||||
E. histolytica/E. dispar | 10 (2.6) | 15 (3.9) | 6 (1.7) | 31 (8.2) |
G. lamblia | 6 (1.7) | 10 (2.6) | 10 (2.6) | 26 (6.8) |
B. coli | 1 (0.3) | 3 (0.7) | 4 (1.0) | 8 (2.1) |
Sub total protozoa | 17 (4.6) | 28 (7.2) | 20 (5.3) | |
Helminthes | ||||
A. lumbricoides | 9 (2.3) | 7 (1.8) | 3 (0.7) | 19 (4.8) |
T. trichiura | 1 (0.9) | 1 (0.3) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (1.2) |
S. stercoralis | 0 (0.0) | 2 (0.5) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (0.5) |
Hookworms | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.3) | 1 (0.3) | 2 (0.6) |
Sub total helminthes | 11 (3.2) | 11 (2.9) | 4 (1.0) | |
Mixed infections | ||||
A. lumbricoides + G. lamblia | 2 (0.5) | 3 (0.7) | 0 (0.0) | 5 (1.2) |
A. lumbricoides + E. histolytica/E. dispar | 1 (0.3) | 1 (0.3) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (0.6) |
G. lamblia + Taenia spp. | 0 (0.0) | 3 (0.7) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (0.7) |
G. lamblia + E. histolytica/E. dispar | 0 (0.0) | 3 (0.7) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (0.7) |
A. lumbricoides + G. lamblia + E. histolytica/E. dispar | 0 (0.0) | 2 (0.5) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (0.5) |
Sub total mixed infections | 4 (1.1) | 9 (2.2) | 0 (0.0) | 5 (1.2) |
Overall total number of inmates | 32 (8.9) | 48 (12.3) | 24 (6.3) | |