Table 2 Parasites found in faeces of the 1,477 infected patients with mentions to demographic data

Protozoa

1,789

1,417 (21.76%)

357 (19.63%)

15

1.14 (1.0-1.30)

0.0494

1,014 (14.31%)

775 (43.08%)

4.53 (4.04-5.08)

0

864 (21.67%)

925 (18.81%)

1.20 (1.08-1.33)

0.0005

Blastocystis hominis

1,234 (13.89%)

1,046 (16.06%)

178 (9.79%)

10

1.76 (1.49-12.09)

<0.0025

760 (10.72%)

474 (26.35%)

2.98 (2.62-3.39)

<0.0025

558 (14.06%)

676 (13.75%)

1.03 (0.91-1.16)

0.6737

Giardia intestinalis

168 (1.89%)

101 (1.55%)

65 (3.75%)

2

2.35 (1.71-3.23)

<0.0025

85 (1.2%)

83 (4.61%)

3.98 (2.93-5.42)

<0.0025

101 (2.54%)

67 (1.36%)

1.89 (1.38-2.58)

<0.0025

Dientamoeba fragilis

149 (1.68%)

97 (1.49%)

50 (2.75%)

2

1.87 (1.32-2.64)

0.0003

72 (1.02%)

77 (4.28%)

4.36 (3.15-6.03)

0

77 (1.94%)

72 (1.46)

1.33 (0.96-1.84)

0.0825

Entamoeba coli

148 (1.67%)

102 (0.71%)

46 (5.61%)

0

8.35 (5.87-11.88)

0

45 (0.64%)

103 (5.73%)

9.50 (6.67-13.54)

0

69 (1.74%)

79 (1.61%)

1.08 (0.78-1.50)

0.6293

Entamoeba dispar

69 (0.78%)

58 (0.15%)

10 (3.19%)

1

17.85 (9.56-33.30)

0

36 (0.51%)

33 (1.83%)

3.66 (2.28-5.89)

0

44 (1.11%)

25 (0.51%)

2.19 (1.34-3.59)

0.0014

Cryptosporidium spp.

17 (0.19%)

11 (0.09%)

6 (0.6%)

0

6.60 (2.44-17.86)

0

14 (0.20%)

3 (0.17%)

1.18 (0.34-4.13)

0.7896

11 (0.28%)

6 (0.12%)

2.27 (0.84-6.16)

0.0962

Entamoeba histolytica

4 (0.05%)

2 (0.03%)

2 (0.11%)

0

3.58 (0.50-25.45)

0.1726

2 (0.03%)

2 (0.11%)

0.25 (0.04-1.80)

0.1385

4 (0.10%)

0

/

0.026

Helminths

126

86 (1.32%)

39 (2.14%)

1

1.64 (1.12-2.40)

0.0107

39 (0.55%)

87 (4.84%)

9.18 (6.27-13.45)

0

70 (1.76%)

56 (1.13%)

1.56 (1.09-2.22)

0.0133

Strongyloides stercoralis

36 (0.40%)

32 (0.49%)

4 (0.22%)

0

2.24 (0.79-6.34)

0.1186

7 (0.10%)

29 (1.61%)

0.36 (0.15-0.87)

0.0157

24 (0.6%)

12 (0.24%)

7.46 (1.24-4.98)

0.0078

Enterobius vermicularis

35 (0.39%)

18 (0.28%)

17 (0.93%)

0

3.40 (1.75-6.62)

0.0001

19 (0.27%)

16 (0.89%)

3.34 (1.71-6.50)

0.0002

9 (0.23%)

26 (0.53%)

2.34 (1.09-5.00)

0.0238

Hymenolepis nana

12 (0.14%)

4 (0.06%)

8 (0.44%)

0

7.19 (2.16-29.90)

0.0002

0

12 (0.67%)

/

0

6 (0.15%)

6 (0.12%)

1.24 (0.40-3.85)

0.7099

Taenia saginata

12 (0.14%)

11 (0.17%)

1 (0.05%)

0

3.08 (0.40-23.84)

0.2573

8 (0.11%)

4 (0.22%)

1.97 (0.59-6.56)

0.2589

8 (0.2%)

4 (0.08%)

2.48 (0.75-8.24)

0.1250

Taenia spp.

9 (0.1%)

8 (0.12%)

1 (0.05%)

0

2.24 (0.28-17.89)

0.4359

2 (0.03%)

7 (0.39%)

13.84 (2.87-66.67)

0

5 (0.13%)

4 (0.08%)

1.55 (0.42-5.77)

0.5109

Ascaris lumbricoides

9 (0.1%)

5 (0.08%)

4 (0.22%)

0

2.87 (0.77-10.69)

0.1004

3 (0.04%)

6 (0.33%)

7.90 (1.24-79.42)

0.0005

8 (0.2%)

1 (0.02%)

9-93 (1.97-31.63)

0.0076

Trichuris trichiura

6 (0.07%)

5 (0.08%)

1 (0.05%)

0

1.40 (0.16-11.9)

0.7592

0

6 (0.33%)

/

0

5 (0.13%)

1 (0.02%)

6.20 (0.72-53.10)

0.0567

Ancylostoma duodenale

4 (0.05%)

2 (0.03%)

1 (0.05%)

1

1.79 (0.16-19.76)

0.6297

0

4 (0.22%)

/

0.0001

3 (0.08%)

1 (0.02%)

3.72 (0.39-35.79)

0.2222

Dicrocoelium dendriticum

2 (0.02%)

1 (0.02%)

1 (0.05%)

0

3.58 (0.22-57.2)

0.3349

0

2 (0.11%)

/

0.0050

1 (0.26%)

1 (0.02%)

1.24 (0.08-19.81)

0.8794

Schistosoma mansoni

1 (0.01%)

0

1 (0.05%)

0

/

0.0585

0

1 (0.05%)

/

0.0472

1 (0.26%)

0

/

0.2657

Total

1,915

1,503

396

16

1,053

862

934

981