Table 1. Prevalence of Giardia duodenalis in humans, livestock, and primates in and near Kibale National Park, western Uganda.
Humans | Livestock | Primates | ||||
Location | n | Prevalencea | n | Prevalencea | n | Prevalencea |
Bugembe | 32 | 28.1 (15.4–45.5) | 26 | 19.2 (8.1–38.3) | 23 | 26.1 (12.3–46.8) |
Kiko 1 | 36 | 22.2 (11.5–38.3) | 37 | 8.1 (2.1–22.0) | – | – |
Rurama | 40 | 67.5 (51.9–80.0) | 26 | 11.5% (3.2–29.8) | 30 | 6.7 (0.8–22.4) |
Kibale | – | – | – | – | 28 | 3.6 (0–19.2) |
All | 108 | 40.7 (31.9–50.2) | 89 | 12.4% (6.9–21.0) | 81 | 11.1 (5.8–20.0) |
Prevalence rates are percentages of individuals positive by real-time PCR; numbers in parentheses indicate 95% confidence intervals calculated according to the modified Wald method [45]. Humans and livestock do not inhabit Kibale National Park, and non-human primates have been extirpated from Kiko 1 forest fragment [14], so prevalence data are not available for these species/locations.