Table 2.
Prevalence of parasitic infections according to the countries of the included studies.
| Parasites | Country | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Africa | Asia | America | ||||||||||
| Ethiopia (Tropical) |
Kenya (Tropical) |
Central African Republic (Tropical) |
Rwanda (Tropical) |
Egypt (Sub-Tropical) |
Pakistan (Temperate) |
Iran (Temperate) |
Turkey (Temperate) |
India (Sub-Tropical) |
Malaysia (Tropical) |
Brazil (Sub-Tropical) |
Mexico (Tropical) | |
| Not specified | 303/622 (48.71%) [41] 301/587 (51.28%) [45] |
82/205 (40.0%) [48] |
148/414 (35.77%) [40] |
259/500 (51.78%) [39] |
161/300 (53.67) [42] |
649/1850 (35.08%) [38] |
58/108 (53.71%) [50] |
127/268 (47.39%) [49] |
378/1031 (36.67%) [47] |
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| A. lumbricoides | 23/201 (11.44%) [36] 67/622 (10.77%) [41] 252/597 (42.41%) [45] |
50/205 (24.39%) [48] |
60/293 (20.48%) [42] |
124/1040 (11.92%) [43] |
48/268 (17.91%) [49] |
115/1031 (11.15%) [47] |
48/84 (57.14%) [37] |
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| Cryptosporidium | 42/300 (14.00%) [42] |
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| E. histolytica | 29/622 (4.66%) [41] 11/587 (1.87%) [45] |
32/84 (38.10%) [37] |
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| E. vermicularis | 6/587 (1.02%) [45] |
230/1850 (12.42%) [38] |
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| G. lamblia | 22/210 (10.48%) [36] 65/622 (12.06%) [41] 26/587 (4.43%) [45] |
148/414 (35.75%) [40] |
325/490 (66.33%) [44] |
24/300 (8.00%) [42] |
71/300 (23.67%) [46] |
60/1040 (5.77%) [43] |
14/84 (16.67%) [37] |
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| Hookworm | 49/622 (7.88%) [41] 17/587 (2.89%) [45] |
10/268 (3.73%) [49] |
121/1031 (11.73%) [47] |
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| H. nana | 6/587 (1.02%) [45] |
11/300 (3.67%) [42] |
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| S. sterocalis | 10/622 (1.61%) [41] 1/587 (1.70%) [45] |
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| Taenia spp. | 8/622 (1.29%) [41] |
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| T. trichiura | 38/622 (6.11%) [41] 11/587 (1.87%) [45] |
50/205 (24.39%) [48] |
37/268 (13.81%) [49] |
51/1031 (4.97%) [47] |
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