Table 3.

Pooled prevalence of some common intestinal parasites among food handlers in Ethiopia

Types of intestinal parasites	Pooled prevalence (95% CI)	I-Squared
A.lumbricoides	4.12 (3.56, 4.67)	95.3%, p < 0.001
E. hystolitica /E. dispar complex	6.38 (5.73, 7.04)	95.0%, p < 0.001
G. lamblia	3.12 (2.65, 3.60)	76.8%, p < 0.001
Taenia spp.	1.07 (0.75, 1.40)	73.9%, p < 0.001
Hookworms	1.70 (1.31, 2.09)	83.1%, p < 0.001
T. trichuria	0.84 (0.42, 1.26)	12.7%, p = 0.33
H. nana	1.03 (0.66, 1.41)	90.7%, p < 0.001
E. vermicularis	2.69 (1.43,3.96)	53.0%, p = 0.119
S. mansoni	0.70 (0.34, 1.07)	51.1%, p = 0.056