Table 3.

Prevalence % (CL₉₅) of the most common taxa among subjects from western Asia

	n	Helminths combined	A. lumbricoides	Hookworms	Protozoa combined	G. duodenalis
Bangladesh	192	14.1 (8.51–22.22)	4.7 (1.86–10.69)	5.7 (2.53–11.92)	11.5 (6.43–19.12)	3.1 (0.94–8.39)
India	433	5.3 (3.07–8.95)	0.5 (0.11–2.42)	3.7 (1.85–6.94)	15.7 (11.53–20.90)	4.4 (2.35–7.80)
Nepal	373	6.2 (3.86–9.65)	1.1 (0.31–3.20]	4.3 (2.40–7.35)	13.7 (10.05–18.23)	4.0 (2.19–7.02)
Sri Lanka	286	6.6 (4.47–9.70)	1.0 (0.37–2.79]	5.6 (3.64–8.47)	8.0 (5.65–11.37)	2.1 (1.03–4.20)

Pakistan has been excluded because the study group only included 5 subjects from Pakistan