TABLE 3.

The results of examine publication bias for each parasite species

Species	N	bias	p *
Giardia lamblia	20	0.99	0.11
Entamoeba coli	17	−0.8	0.37
Blastocystise hominis	8	0.97	0.68
Entamoeba hitolytica/dispar	12	1.29	0.194
Hymenolepis nana	12	−0.15	0.37
Endolimax nana	3	−0.53	0.76
Dientamoeba fragilis	2	3.14	SS
Iodamoeba butschlii	5	−1.03	0.22
Enterobius vermicularis	5	0.35	0.78
Ascaris lumbricoides	7	−3.07	0.37
Trichuris trichiura	2	−1.86	SS
Taenia saginata	4	0.31	0.39
Chilomastix mesnili	5	0.69	0.15

SS, Small sample size.

^*Results of Egger’ test.