From: Comparison of intestinal parasitic infection in newly arrived and resident workers in Qatar
Species | New immigrants | Residents | Combined | |||
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 | % | 95% CI | % | 95% CI | % | 95%CI |
Protozoa | ||||||
B. hominis | 0.8 | 0.36 - 1.77 | 5.1 | 3.61 - 6.99 | 2.9 | 2.13 - 3.92 |
G. duodenalis | 2.9 | 1.82 - 4.44 | 1.6 | 0.86 - 2.82 | 2.2 | 1.53 - 3.09 |
Amoeba non path | 3 | 1.92 - 4.60 | 3.2 | 2.11 - 4.88 | 3.1 | 2.30 - 4.14 |
Amoeba path | 1.3 | 0.68 - 2.50 | 0.3 | 0.12 - 0.97 | 0.8 | 0.40 - 1.36 |
   All protozoa combined | 7.4 | 5.65 - 9.70 | 8.8 | 6.86 - 11.23 | 8.1 | 6.76 - 9.49 |
Helminths | ||||||
Hookworms | 10.3 | 8.17 - 12.87 | 6.2 | 4.57 - 8.33 | 8.3 | 6.88 - 9.63 |
Trichuris trichiura | 6 | 4.39 - 8.08 | 1 | 0.49 - 2.16 | 3.5 | 2.64 - 4.58 |
Ascaris lumbricoides | 3.3 | 2.14 - 4.90 | 0.6 | 0.30 - 1.57 | 2.5 | 1.80 - 3.47 |
Strongyloides stercoralis | 0 | 0 - 0.57 | 0.9 | 0.42 - 1.97 | 0.5 | 0.18 - 0.94 |
Enterobius vermicularis | 0 | 0 - 0.57 | 0.1 | 0.06 - 0.76 | 0.1 | 0 - 0.36 |
Hymenolepis nana* | 1.6 | 0.87 - 2.83 | 0.4 | 0.18 - 1.17 | 1 | 0.55 - 1.61 |
Taenia spp. | 0.7 | 0.30 - 1.57 | 0.4 | 0.18 - 1.17 | 0.5 | 0.22 - 1.02 |
Schistosoma spp. | 0 | 0 - 0.57 | 0.3 | 0.12 - 0.97 | 0.1 | 0.02 - 0.47 |
   All helminths combined | 20 | 17.08 - 23.19 | 9.2 | 7.20 - 11.66 | 14.6 | 12.80 - 16.33 |
All the above species combined | 26.5 | 23.26 - 30.00 | 16.5 | 13.79 - 19.49 | 21.5 | 19.40 - 23.51 |