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. 2025 Aug 15;2025:9972163. doi: 10.1155/japr/9972163

Table 1.

Prevalence (%) of gastrointestinal parasites diagnosed in bat guano in Burondo subcounty and Ntandi town council, Bundibugyo district, western Uganda.

Parasite Burondo subcounty Ntandi town council Overall prevalence (%) Chi-square test
Microbats ( n = 121) n (%) Megabats ( n = 121) n (%) Microbats ( n = 121) n (%) Megabats ( n = 121) n (%) X 2 p value
Protozoa
Entamoeba coli 81 (67.8) 67 (55.4) 72 (59.5) 55 (45.5) 57 11.88 0.008
E. histolytica 37 (30.6) 43 (35.5) 50 (41.3) 26 (21.5) 32 11.43 0.01
Eimeria sp. 19 (15.7) 13 (10.7) 20 (16.5) 11 (9.1) 13 4.29 0.232
Trematoda
Fasciola sp. 10 (8.3) 0 (0.0) 3 (2.5) 0 (0.0) 3 21.11 ∗∗∗
Cestoda
Hymenolepis sp. 21 (17.4) 0 (0.0) 5 (4.1) 0 (0.0) 5 48.29 ∗∗∗
Nematoda
 Hookworm 59 (48.8) 19 (15.7) 72 (59.5) 9 (7.4) 33 104.41 ∗∗∗
Trichuris sp. 37 (30.6) 9 (7.4) 33 (27.3) 11 (9.1) 19 34.67 ∗∗∗
Ascaris sp. 43 (35.5) 14 (11.6) 36 (29.8) 5 (4.1) 20 49.39 ∗∗∗
Strongyloides sp. 68 (56.2) 22 (18.2) 53 (43.8) 19 (15.7) 33 63.72 ∗∗∗
Angiostrongylus sp. 11 (9.1) 2 (1.7) 7 (5.8) 0 (0.0) 4 15.44 0.001
Chitwoodspirura sp. 10 (8.3) 1 (0.9) 2 (1.7) 0 (0.0) 3 19.84 ∗∗∗
 Unidentified Nematode 1 2 (1.7) 0 (0.0) 1 (0.9) 0 (0.0) 1 3.69 0.297
 Unidentified Nematode 2 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 4 (3.3) 0 (0.0) 1 12.1 0.007

Note: n = number of bat faecal samples examined, % = percentage prevalence, X2 = chi-square value, p value = chi-square p value.

Abbreviation: sp., species.

∗∗∗p value less than 0.001.