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Parasite positivity in stool specimens examined from pregnant women studied.
| Number | (%) | |
|
| ||
|---|---|---|
| Protozoans | ||
| Nonpathogenic | ||
| Entamoeba coli | 44 | 5.7 |
| Endolimax nana | 30 | 3.9 |
| Pathogenic | ||
| Giardia lamblia | 108 | 14.1 |
| Entamoeba histolytica/dispar | 92 | 12.0 |
| Cryptosporidium spp | 2 | 0.3 |
| Helminths | ||
| Ascaris lumbricoides | 437 | 57.0 |
| Trichuris trichiura | 276 | 36.0 |
| Necator americanus | 62 | 8.1 |
| Enterobius vermicularis | 48 | 6.3 |
| Strongyloides stercoralis | 25 | 3.3 |
