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Table 2 Species of intestinal parasitic infection among rural children in Daman district

From: Prevalence and associated risk factors of soil-transmitted helminth infections in Kandahar, Afghanistan

Intestinal parasitic infection

Number (n = 1426)

Prevalence (%)

Overall any intestinal parasitic infection

567

39.8

Monoparasitism

409

28.7

Polyparasitism

158

11.1

Overall any STH infection

324

22.7

 Single STH infection

213

14.9

 Double STH infection

103

7.2

 Triple STH infection

8

0.6

 Overall any intestinal protozoa infection

255

17.9

STH

  

 Ascaris lumbricoides

267

18.7

 Hookworm

107

7.5

 Trichuris trichiura

20

1.4

Protozoa

  

 Giardia intestinalis

198

13.9

 Entamoeba spp.

123

8.6

Other intestinal parasites

  

 Hymenolepis nana

194

13.6

 Taenia spp.

84

5.9

 Enterobius vermicularis

37

2.6

  1. STH Soil-transmitted helminth