Table 1:
Prevalence of intestinal protozoan parasites in different age groups in four villages of Bandar Abbas in 1978 and 2009
| Range of age (year) | E. histolytica/dispar (%) | G. lamblia (%) | E. coli (%) | Blastocystis (%) | I. butschlii (%) | C. mesnili (%) | ||||||
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| 1978 | 2009 | 1978 | 2009 | 1978 | 2009 | 1978 | 2009 | 1978 | 2009 | 1978 | 2009 | |
| 0–5 | 26.5 | 0 | 48.9 | 21.4 | 44.8 | 7.1 | NR* | 28.6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6–10 | 28.2 | 4.5 | 28.2 | 34.1 | 55.7 | 20.5 | NR* | 22.7 | 10.3 | 0 | 7.1 | 4.5 |
| 11–15 | 28.1 | 9.8 | 27.6 | 13.1 | 57.7 | 29.5 | NR* | 35 | 9.7 | 3.3 | 13.5 | 1.6 |
| 16–20 | 39.5 | 0 | 25.5 | 0 | 60.4 | 5.6 | NR* | 22.2 | 25.5 | 0 | 4.6 | 0 |
| 21–40 | 42.5 | 6.2 | 30.3 | 15.4 | 61.9 | 0 | NR* | 18.5 | 12.9 | 0 | 9.6 | 0 |
| ≥ 41 | 57 | 5.3 | 17.5 | 5.3 | 75.1 | 5.3 | NR* | 5.3 | 13.5 | 5.3 | 19.6 | 5.3 |
| Total | 34.6 | 5.8 | 28.6 | 17.2 | 59.5 | 15.9 | NR* | 24.6 | 11.3 | 1.6 | 9.5 | 2.1 |
Not Reported
Endolimax nana and Trichomonas hominis have not detected in the present study