Table 4.
Prevalence of parasite recovered in respect to the internal and external part of the Cockroach (P. americana)
| Parasite recovered | Total number examined | Number infected | Prevalence (%) | Internal part (Gut) | External part (Body surface) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number infected | Prevalence (%) | Number infected | Prevalence (%) | ||||
| A. lumbricoides | 221 | 114 | 51.58 | 91 | 79.82 | 23 | 20.18 |
| S. stercoralis | 221 | 107 | 48.42 | 98 | 91.58 | 9 | 8.41 |
| T. trichiura | 221 | 116 | 52.49 | 102 | 87.93 | 14 | 12.07 |
| E. vermicularis | 221 | 82 | 37.10 | 76 | 92.68 | 6 | 7.32 |
| N. americanus | 221 | 118 | 53.39 | 81 | 68.64 | 37 | 31.36 |
| Taenia spp | 221 | 33 | 14.93 | 7 | 21.21 | 26 | 78.78 |
| Diphylidium spp | 221 | 147 | 66.52 | 129 | 87.76 | 18 | 12.25 |
| Balantidium coli | 221 | 153 | 69.23 | 116 | 75.82 | 37 | 24.18 |
| E. histolytica | 221 | 173 | 78.28 | 79 | 45.66 | 94 | 54.33 |
| Ancylostoma spp | 221 | 77 | 34.84 | 60 | 77.92 | 17 | 22.08 |
| Toxocara spp | 221 | 70 | 31.67 | 13 | 18.57 | 57 | 81.43 |