Table 3.

The parasites distribution of the study population by age

Age	No.	Entamoeba coli	Giardia lamblia	Blastocystis hominis	Endolimax nana	Iodoamoeba butschlii	Trichomonas hominis	Hymenolepis nan	Enterobius vermicularis	Larva of Strongyloides stercoralis	Ova of Dicrocelium
<11	229	8 (3.49)	14 (6.11)	11 (4.80)	5 (2.18)	3 (1.31)	0 (0.00)	1 (0.43)	5 (2.18)	0 (0.00)	0 (0.00)
11–20	516	7 (1.35)	10 (1.93)	5 (0.96)	7 (1.35)	2 (0.38)	0 (0.00)	1 (0.19)	0 (0.00)	0 (0.00)	0 (0.00)
21–30	1,435	34 (2.36)	16 (1.11)	11 (0.76)	14 (0.97)	3 (0.20)	2 (0.13)	2 (0.13)	0 (0.00)	0 (0.00)	0 (0.00)
31–40	2,297	66 (2.87)	44 (1.91)	20 (0.87)	20 (0.87)	8 (0.34)	0 (0.00)	2 (0.08)	0 (0.00)	1 (0.04)	1 (0.04)
41–50	861	13 (1.50)	16 (1.85)	4 (0.46)	2 (0.23)	0 (0.00)	0 (0.00)	2 (0.23)	0 (0.00)	0 (0.00)	0 (0.00)
>50	405	12 (2.96)	10 (2.46)	3 (0.74)	2 (0.49)	1 (0.24)	0 (0.00)	1 (0.24)	0 (0.00)	0 (0.00)	0 (0.00)
Total	5,743	140 (2.43)	110 (1.91 %)	54 (0.94 %)	50 (0.87 %)	17 (0.29 %)	2 (0.03 %)	9 (0.15 %)	5 (0.08 %)	1 (0.01 %)	1 (0.01 %)