Table 4. Frequency of parasites and commensals found in parasitological stool examinations from schoolchildren aged 1 to 12 years from urban areas of Fernandópolis, in the northwest of São Paulo State, Brazil.

	Frequency†	% (CI95%)††	Anti-Toxocara spp. antibodies		p-value †††
			Positive	% (CI95%)††
Entamoeba histolytica/díspar	1	0.4 (0.0 – 2.2)	0	0.0	-
Entamoeba coli	10	4.5 (2.3–7.9)	2	20.0 (3.5–51.9)	0.535
Giardia spp.	9	4.1 (2.0–7.3)	2	22.0 (3.9–56.2)	0.477
Enterobius vermicularis	1	0.4 (0.0 – 2.2)	0	0.0	-
Ascaris lumbricoides	2	0.9 (0.1–2.9)	0	0.0	-
Strongyloides stercoralis	6	3.1 (1.1–5.5)	1	16.0 (0.8–59.1)	0.662
Ancylostoma spp.	4	1.8 (0.5–4.3)	1	25.0 (1.2–75.7)	0.603
Total	33	14.9 (10.6–20.1)	6	18.2 (7.7–34.3)	0.519

^†Based on 221 analyzed samples.

^††Based on Exact Mid-P.

^†††Based on Fisher exact test.