Table 2 Prevalence of intestinal protozoan in rural areas of Boyer-Ahmad District, Southwestern Iran, in different age group
Protozoan species | 1–10 No. (%) | 11–20 No. (%) | 21–30 No.(%) | 31–40 No. (%) | 41–50 No. (%) | >50 No. (%) | Total No. (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Giardia lamblia | 105 | 27 | 19 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 179 |
(26.51%) | (13.77%) | (12.02%) | (10.24%) | (6.45%) | (14.89%) | (17.46%) | |
Endolimax nana | 72 | 37 | 38 | 38 | 15 | 16 | 216 |
(18.18%) | (18.87%) | (24.05%) | (22.89%) | (24.19%) | (34.04%) | (21.07%) | |
Blastocystis hominis | 65 | 29 | 33 | 35 | 11 | 9 | 182 |
(14.61%) | (14.79%) | (20.88%) | (21.08%) | (17.74%) | (19.14%) | (17.76%) | |
Entamoeba coli | 44 | 31 | 32 | 24 | 9 | 11 | 151 |
(11.11%) | (15.81%) | (20.25%) | (14.45%) | (11.51%) | (23.40%) | (14.73%) | |
Iodamoeba butschlii | 13 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 45 |
(3.28%) | (2.55%) | (6.30%) | (5.42%) | (3.22%) | (12.76%) | (4.39%) | |
Chilomastix mesnili | 5 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 22 |
(1.26%) | (2.55%) | (1.89%) | (3.61%) | (3.22%) | (2.12%) | (2.14%) | |
Entamoeba histolytica/dispar | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
(0.5%) | (2.04%) | (1.89%) | (0.0%) | (0.0%) | (0.0%) | (0.87%) | |
Dientamoeba fragilis | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
(0.0%) | (0.0%) | (0.63%) | (0.0%) | (1.61%) | (0.0%) | (0.19%) | |
Trichomonas hominis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
(0.0%) | (0.0%) | (0.0%) | (1.20%) | (0.0%) | (0.0%) | (0.19%) |