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. 2015 May 11;2015:967238. doi: 10.1155/2015/967238

Table 1.

Prevalence and confidence interval of intestinal parasites in 360 cat feces from China.

Parasites Beijing Henan Total
Number of positive results Number of positive results Number of positive results
Prevalence % Prevalence % Prevalence %
(95% CI) (95% CI) (95% CI)
Toxocara cati 1 63 64
1.64 21.07 17.78
(0.01–9.55) (16.82–26.06) (14.16–22.08)

Isospora felis 3 58 61
4.92 19.40 16.94
(1.14–14.03) (15.30–24.27) (13.41–21.18)

Isospora rivolta 1 40 41
1.64 13.38 11.39
(0.01–9.55) (9.95–17.73) (8.48–15.11)

Hookworms 1 22 23
1.64 7.36 6.39
(0.01–9.55) (4.86–10.94) (4.25–9.44)

Paragonimus 0 33 33
11.04 9.17
(7.93–15.13) (6.57–12.62)

Trematode 1 0 1
1.64 0.28
(0.01–9.55) (<0.01–1.72)

Trichuris 0 10 10
3.34 2.78
(1.75–6.13) (1.45–5.11)

Toxoplasma-like 0 11 11
3.68 3.06
(1.99–6.54) (1.65–5.45)

Lungworm 0 4 4
1.34 1.11
(0.40–3.51) (0.33–2.93)

Sarcocystis 0 2 2
0.67 0.56
(0.02–2.57) (0.02–2.14)

Overall prevalence 4/61 145/299 149
6.56 48.49 41.39
(2.12–16.14) (42.89–54.14) (6.42–46.54)