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.