Table 1.

Prevalence of intestinal parasitic infections in Jiroft, Kerman Province, according to gender

Infection	Gender			Total
	Male		Female
	Number	Percent (%)	Number	Percent (%)	Number	Percent (%)
Blastocystis hominis	57	11.75	88	15.3	145	13.7
Giardia lamblia	48	9.8	35	6	83	7.8
Entamoeba coli	28	5.8	49	8.5	77	7.2
Entamoeba histolytica/diapar	4	0.8	6	1	10	0.9
Iodamoeba butschilli	10	0.2	9	1.6	19	1.8
Chilomastix mesnilii	2	0.4	6	1	8	0.8
Entamoeba hartmani	0	0	2	0.3	2	0.2
Hymenolepis nana	6	1.2	6	1	12	1.1
Ascaris lambercoides	0	0	2	0.3	2	0.2
Enterobius vermicularis	2	0.4	0	0	2	0.2
Trichostrongylus sp	1	0.2	0	0	1	0.1
Dicrocoelium dendriticum	0	0	1	0.2	1	0.1
Taenia saginata	1	0.2	0	0	1	0.1
No parasite	359	74	406	70.7	765	72.2
Total	485	45.8	574	54.2	1060	100