Table 4:

Prevalence of B. hominis in various countries/states of the world.

Reference	Country / Locality	% of B. hominis
Wang et al2	Community population in China	3.7
Nimri3	Preschool children in Jordan	25.0
Yakoob et al6	Outpatients in Pakistan	32.0
Al-Fellani et al13	Outpatients in Libya	18.5
Zierdt14	Community population in Bethesda	18.0
Garcia et al.15	Outpatients in Los Angeles	12.0
Babock et al.16	Population in Nepal	10.0
Markell and Udkow17	Outpatients in San Francisco	12.0
Sheehan et al.18	Outpatients in New York	11.0
Kain et al.19	Outpatients Vancouver	13.0
El Masry et al.20	Outpatients in Egypt	31.0
Doyle et al.21	Outpatients in Canada	3.2
Martin-Sanchez et al.22	Primary school children in Spain	19.4
Gomez Morales et al.23	Outpatients in Tanzania	36.0
Requena et al.24	Food handlers in Venezuela	25.8
Eleonor et al.25	Children in Philippines	40.7
Leelayoova et al.26	Army personal in Thailand	36.9
Suresh and Smith27	Outpatients in United Kingdom	3.9
Khan and Khalife28	Food handlers in Saudi Arabia	8.5
Nascimento and Moitinho29	Community population in Brazil	26.5
Present study	Outpatients in Libya	26.58