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Table 2 Prevalence of intestinal parasites in the participants (n = 861)

From: Prevalence and associated risk factors of human intestinal parasitic infections: a population-based study in the southeast of Kerman province, southeastern Iran

Parasite

Number of infected

Prevalence (95%CIa)

Protozoa

Blastocystis hominis

114

13.3 (11.0 to 15.5)

Entamoeba coli

98

11.4 (8.7 to 15.4)

Giardia lamblia

92

10.6 (8.5 to 13.1)

Entamoeba histolytica/dispar

14

1.5 (0.8 to 2.6)

Iodamoeba bütschlii

11

1.0 (0.5 to 1.9)

Chilomastix mesnili

5

0.5 (0.1 to 1.2)

Entamoeba hartmanni

4

0.4 (0.1 to 1.0)

 Totalb

280

32.3 (28.4 to 36.5)

Helminths

Hymenolepis nana

22

2.4 (1.5 to 3.9)

Enterobius vermicularis

3

0.3 (0.0 to 0.9)

Ascaris lumbricoides

3

0.3 (0.1 to 1.3)

 Total

28

3.2 (2.1 to 4.7)

Totalb

295

34.2 (30.1 to 38.2)

  1. aCI confidence interval
  2. bThere were also some cases of coinfection with two or three species