Table 9.
Overall prevalence of Giardia intestinalis and prevalence of different assemblages
Total no. of collected samples | 1168 |
Total no. of Giardia positive samples by PCR | 267 |
Over all prevalence rate | 22.85% |
Total no.of positive samples having assemblage A infection | 92 |
Percentage of positive samples having assemblage A infection | 34.45% |
Total no. of positive samples having assemblage B infection | 143 |
Percentage of positive samples having assemblage B infection | 53.56% |
Total no. of positive samples having mixed infection of assemblage A and assemblage B | 32 |
Percentage of positive samples having mixed infection of assemblage A and assemblage B | 11.98% |