Table. Identified human parasites and health status.
Identified parasites | Infected people, no. (%) | HIV-positive | HIV-negative | ||
Diarrhea | No diarrhea | Diarrhea | No diarrhea | ||
Entamoeba coli | 45 (43.3%) | 0 | 6 | 7 | 32 |
Cyclospora cayetanensis | 23 (22.1%) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Entamoeba histolytica | 19 (18.2%) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 13 |
Iodamoeba bütschlii | 15 (14.4%) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
Chilomastix mesnili | 11 (10.6%) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
Cryptosporidium parvum | 8 (7.6%) | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Giardia duodenalis | 6 (5.7%) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
Endolimax nana | 4 (3.8%) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Blastocystis hominis | 3 (2.8%) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Trichomonas hominis | 1 (0.9%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Schistosoma mansoni | 1 (0.9%) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
No parasites | 25 (24%) | 1 | 6 | 1 | 16 |
Note: where values do not add up to the total, there were missing values regarding the patient's HIV status.