Name of intestinal parasite | Number of studies | Prevalence (95% CI) | Heterogeneity tests | |||
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Q test | df | I2 | p-value | |||
A.lumbricoides | 11 | 0.105 (0.060–0.175) | 21.9 | 10 | 77% | < 0.001 |
H.worm | 9 | 0.095 (0.061–0.144) | 77.6 | 8 | 90% | < 0.001 |
G.lamblia | 7 | 0.057 (0.029–0.109) | 38.3 | 6 | 84% | < 0.001 |
S.sterocolaris | 8 | 0.056 (0.033–0.095) | 56 | 7 | 87.5% | < 0.001 |
S.mansoni | 6 | 0.046 (0.034–0.061) | 1 | 5 | 0.0% | 0.961 |
C.parvum | 2 | 0.043 (0.017–0.105) | 1.6 | 1 | 36.8% | 0.206 |
E.histolytica | 6 | 0.038 (0.018–0.079) | 21.9 | 5 | 77% | 0.001 |
T.trichuria | 9 | 0.031 (0.016–0.059) | 34 | 8 | 76.6% | < 0.001 |
I.belli | 1 | 0.03(−0.003–0.063) | – | – | – | – |
Taenia spp. | 3 | 0.06 (0.007–0.039) | 2.8 | 2 | 27.6% | 0.251 |
E.vermiculais | 3 | 0.012 (0.005–0.026) | 1.8 | 2 | 0.0% | 0.405 |
H. nana | 3 | 0.011 (0.003–0.038) | 8.8 | 2 | 65.8% | 0.032 |