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. 2018 Jan 22;98(3):763–767. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.17-0240

Table 2.

Prevalence (%) and infection rate (%) of each organism among three schools

Organism Number of overall infections (%) (N = 263) Number of infections by school (%) P value*
KK (N = 147) BR (N = 53) HK (N = 63)
Blastocystis hominis 46 (17.5) 19 (12.9) 6 (11.3) 21 (33.3) 0.001
Endolimax nana 12 (4.6) 5 (3.4) 4 (7.5) 3 (4.7) 0.462
Entamoeba coli 9 (3.4) 7 (4.8) 2 (3.8) 0 (0.0) 0.218
Entamoeba histolytica/Entamoeba dispar 3 (1.1) 1 (0.7) 1 (1.9) 1 (1.6) 0.723
Giardia intestinalis 2 (0.8) 1 (0.7) 1 (1.9) 0 (0.0) 0.500
Strongyloides stercoralis 4 (1.5) 2 (1.4) 1 (1.9) 1 (1.6) 0.963
Opisthorchis viverrini 1 (0.4) 1 (0.7) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0.673
*

Chi-square test for the infection rate by schools.