Table 1 Prevalence of protozoan and helminth species by population
|  | Asymptomatic population (n = 1654) | Symptomatic population (n = 623) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | Prevalence (%) | CL95 | n | Prevalence (%) | CL95 | |
Blastocystis spp. | 132 | 8.0 | 6.67–9.29 | 273 | 43.8 | 40.46–47.23 |
Entamoeba histolytica/dispar | 41 | 2.5 | 1.83–3.43 | 158 | 25.4 | 22.49–28.47 |
Giardia intestinalis | 5 | 0.3 | 0.10–0.71 | 91 | 14.6 | 12.32–17.19 |
Entamoeba coli | 55 | 3.3 | 2.45–4.26 | 39 | 6.3 | 4.75–8.13 |
Endolimax nana | 28 | 1.7 | 1.12–2.45 | 12 | 1.9 | 1.18–3.13 |
Cryptosporidium spp. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.49–1.90 |
Trichomonas intestinalis | 3 | 0.2 | 0.04–0.53 | 20 | 3.2 | 2.19–4.67 |
Enterobius vermicularis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2.1 | 1.30–3.33 |
Taenia spp. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.6 | 0.32–1.42 |
Trichuris trichiura | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.2 | 0.08–0.70 |