Table 1.
Prevalence of intestinal parasitic infections among hospital attendees and school children in the Venda region
| Parasitic organism | Samples from hospital (n= 528) |
Samples from schools (n= 295) |
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| Diarrhoeal (n=269) No. (%) | Non-diarrhoeal (n-259) No. (%) | Total no. (%) | Significance (p value) | Diarrhoeal (n=39) No. (%) | Non-diarrhoeal (n=256) No. (%) | Total no. (%) | Significance (p value) | |
| Entamoeba histolytica/ E. dispar | 92 (34.2) | 24 (9.3) | 116 (22) | <0.0001 | 3 (7.7) | 7 (2.7) | 10 (3.4) | 0.111 |
| Cryptosporidium spp. | 68 (25.3) | 46 (17.7) | 104 (19.7) | 0.036 | 7 (17.9) | 37(14.4) | 44 (14.9) | 0.568 |
| Blastocystis hominis | 48 (17.8) | 5 (1.9) | 53 (10) | <0.0001 | 3 (7.7) | 5 (2) | 8 (2.7) | 0.040 |
| Entamoeba coli | 36 (13.4) | 29 (11.2) | 65 (12.3) | 0.445 | 2 (5.1) | 12 (4.7) | 14 (4.7) | 0.904 |
| Entamoeba hartmanii | 19 (7) | 11 (4.2) | 30 (5.6) | 0.162 | 3 (7.7) | 5 (2) | 8 (2.7) | 0.040 |
| Giardia lamblia | 41 (15.2) | 13 (5) | 54 (10.2) | 0.0001 | 5 (12.8) | 7 (2.7) | 12 (4.1) | 0.003 |
| Hymenolepis nana | 16 (6) | 13 (5) | 29 (5.5) | 0.640 | 0 (0) | 2 (0.8) | 2 (0.6) | 0.580 |
| Cyclospora cayetanensis | 32 (11.9) | 6 (2.3) | 38 (7.2) | 0.0001 | 3 (7.7) | 0 (0) | 3 (1.0) | <0.001 |
| Isospora belli | 16 (5.9) | 9 (3.4) | 25 (4.7) | 0.181 | 2 (5.1) | 0 (0) | 2 (0.7) | <0.001 |
| Enterobius vermicularis | 24 (8.9) | 19 (7.3) | 43 (8.1) | 0.505 | 3 (7.7) | 4 (1.6) | 7 (2.3) | 0.019 |
| Ascaris lumbricoides | 28 (10.4) | 22 (8.5) | 50 (9.4) | 0.453 | 4 (10.2) | 19 (7.4) | 23 (7.8) | 0.539 |
| Trichuris trichiura | 28 (10.4) | 17 (6.5) | 45 (8.5) | 0.114 | 2 (5.1) | 4 (1.6) | 6 (2.03) | 0.142 |
| Hookworms | 31 (11.5) | 28 (10.4) | 59 (11.1) | 0.789 | 5 (12.8) | 18 (7) | 23 (7.7) | 0.209 |
| Schistosoma mansoni | 32 (11.9) | 44 (16.9) | 76 (14.4) | 0.096 | 4 (10.3) | 45 (17.6) | 49 (16.6) | 0.252 |
| Multiple infections | 124 (46) | 85 (32.8) | 209 (39.6) | 12 (30.8) | 56 (21.9) | 68 (23) | ||