Type of intestinal parasite | Number of male +ve for IP (%) | Number of female +ve for IP (%) | Total number of +ve (%) |
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Single infection (n = 190) | |||
E. histolytica/dispar | 61 (16.8) | 41 (11.3) | 102 (28) |
Hookworm species | 18 (4.9) | 20 (5.5) | 38 (10.4) |
G. lamblia | 9 (2.3) | 11 (3) | 20 (5.5) |
Trichostrongyloides species | 8 (2.2) | 9 (2.3) | 17 (4.7) |
A. lumbricoides | 3 (0.8) | 1 (0.8) | 4 (1.1) |
S. mansoni | 2 (0.5) | 2 (0.5) | 4 (1.1) |
H. nana | 3 (0.8) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (0.8) |
S. stercolaris | 1 (0.3) | 1 (0.3) | 2 (0.5) |
Double infection (n = 11) | |||
E. histolytica/dispar and G. lamblia | 3 (0.8) | 2 (0.5) | 5 (1.4) |
E. histolytica/dispar and A. lumbricoides | 1 (0.3) | 2 (0.5) | 3 (0.8) |
E. histolytica/dispar and H. nana | 1 (0.3) | 1 (0.3) | 2 (0.5) |
A. lumbricoides and Hookworm species | 1 (0.3) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.3) |
Triple infection (n = 5) | |||
E. histolytica/dispar, S. stercolaris and Hookworm species | 1 (0.3) | 1 (0.3) | 2 (0.5) |
E. histolytica/dispar, S. mansoni and Hookworm species | 2 (0.5) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (0.5) |
E. histolytica/dispar, G. lamblia and E. vermicularis | 1 (0.3) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.3) |
Quadruple infection (n = 1) | |||
E. histolytica/dispar, G. lamblia, S. mansoni and H. nana | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.3) | 1 (0.3) |
Total | 115 (31.6) | 92 (25.3) | 207 (56.9) |