Table 2 Prevalence of helminths and intestinal protozoa infections in three settings of Azaguié district, south Côte d’Ivoire in October and November 2010
Intestinal parasite | Study settinga | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Azaguié M’Bromé/Azaguié Makouguié (rural) | Abbé-Begnini (peri-urban) | Azaguié Gare (urban) | ||||
No. of infected | % (95% CI) | No. of infected | % (95% CI) | No. of infected | % (95% CI) | |
Helminths | ||||||
Schistosoma mansoni | 156 | 91.8 (87.6–95.9) | 48 | 32.9 (25.2–40.6) | 69 | 53.1 (44.4–61.8) |
Schistosoma haematobium | 111 | 65.3 (58.1–72.5) | 6 | 4.1 (0.1–7.4) | 1 | 0.8 (0–2.0) |
Trichuris trichiura | 96 | 56.5 (48.9–63.9) | 10 | 6.9 (2.7–10.9) | 20 | 15.4 (9.1–21.7) |
Hookworm | 76 | 44.7 (37.2–52.3) | 60 | 41.1 (33.0–49.2) | 27 | 20.8 (13.7-27.8) |
Ascaris lumbricoides | 19 | 11.2 (6.4–15.9) | 10 | 6.9 (2.7–10.9) | 17 | 13.1 (7.2–18.9) |
Intestinal protozoa | ||||||
Entamoeba coli | 54 | 31.8 (24.7–38.8) | 39 | 26.7 (19.5–33.9) | 33 | 25.4 (17.8–32.9) |
Endolimax nana | 49 | 28.8 (21.9–35.7) | 36 | 24.7 (17.6–31.7) | 55 | 42.3 (33.7–50.9) |
Blastocystis hominis | 27 | 15.9 (10.7–22.3) | 14 | 9.6 (4.8–14.4) | 14 | 10.8 (5.4–16.2) |
Giardia intestinalis | 15 | 8.8 (4.5–13.1) | 11 | 7.5 (3.2–11.9) | 12 | 9.2 (4.2–12.3) |
Chilomastix mesnili | 14 | 8.2 (4.1–12.4) | 7 | 4.8 (1.3–8.3) | 6 | 4.6 (0.9–8.3) |
Entamoeba histolytica/E. dispar | 14 | 8.2 (4.1–12.4) | 12 | 8.2 (3.7–12.7) | 7 | 5.4 (1.5–9.3) |
Iodamoeba bütschlii | 9 | 5.3 (1.9–8.7) | 8 | 5.5 (1.7–9.2) | 10 | 7.7 (3.1–12.3) |
Entamoeba hartmanni | 5 | 2.9 (0.4–5.5) | 8 | 5.5 (1.7–9.2) | 9 | 6.9 (2.5–11.3) |