Table 2.
Summary of individuals infected with helminths and intestinal protozoa from two tuberculosis centres in Abidjan and two schools in Dabou, south Côte d'Ivoire, stratified by sex (2009/2010).
| Patients with chronic cough (n = 278) | Schoolchildren (n = 166) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parasite | Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | Total |
| No infection | 116 (74.3%) | 85 (69.6%) | 201 (72.3%) | 54 (57.4%) | 54 (75.0%) | 108 (65.1%) |
| Single infection | 35 (22.4%) | 25 (20.5%) | 60 (21.6%) | 19 (20.2%) | 10 (13.9%) | 29 (17.5%) |
| Helminth | 9 (5.7%) | 4 (3.3%) | 13 (4.6%) | 31 (32.9%) | 6 (8.3%) | 37 (22.3%) |
| Hookworm | 3 (1.9%) | 1 (0.8%) | 4 (1.4%) | 19 (20.2%) | 3 (4.2%) | 22 (13.3%) |
| Trichuris trichiura | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 (9.6%) | 3 (4.2%) | 12 (7.2%) |
| Schistosoma mansoni | 2 (1.3%) | 3 (2.4%) | 5 (1.8%) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ascaris lumbricoides | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 (3.2%) | 0 | 3 (1.8%) |
| Strongyloides stercoralis | 4 (2.6%) | 0 | 4 (1.4%) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Intestinal protozoon | 26 (16.7%) | 21 (17.2%) | 47 (16.9%) | 54 (57.4%) | 27 (37.5%) | 81 (48.8%) |
| Entamoeba coli | 21 (13.4%) | 15 (12.3%) | 36 (12.9%) | 14 (14.9%) | 9 (12.5%) | 23 (13.8%) |
| Endolimax nana | 3 (1.9%) | 2 (1.6%) | 5 (1.8%) | 13 (13.8%) | 5 (6.9%) | 18 (10.8%) |
| Blastocystis hominis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 (9.6%) | 2 (2.8%) | 11 (6.6%) |
| Giardia intestinalis | 2(1.3%) | 2 (1.6%) | 4 (1.4%) | 3 (3.2%) | 5 (6.9%) | 8 (4.8%) |
| Entamoeba histolytica/E. dispar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 (6.4%) | 5 (6.9%) | 11 (6.6%) |
| Iodamoeba bütschlii | 0 | 1 (0.8%) | 1 (0.3%) | 5 (5.3%) | 1 (1.4%) | 6 (3.6%) |
| Chilomastix mesnili | 0 | 1 (0.8%) | 1 (0.3%) | 4 (4.3%) | 0 | 4 (2.4%) |
| Dual infection | 5 (3.2%) | 10 (8.2%) | 15 (5.4%) | 10 (10.6%) | 4 (5.6%) | 14 (8.4%) |
| Triple infection | 0 | 2 (1.6%) | 2 (0.7%) | 4 (4.3%) | 2 (2.8%) | 6 (3.6%) |
| ≥ Quadruple infection | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 (7.4%) | 2 (2.8%) | 9 (5.4%) |
| Total | 156 | 122 | 278 | 94 | 72 | 166 |