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Table 1 Intestinal parasites detected in patients in Zanzibar

From: High occurrence of Blastocystis sp. subtypes 1–3 and Giardia intestinalis assemblage B among patients in Zanzibar, Tanzania

 

PCR (% positive patients)

Microscopy (% positive patients)

Blastocystis sp.

60.9

20.1

Giardia intestinalis

53.4

13.8

Entamoeba coli

na

21.3

Dientamoeba fragilis

16.7

na

Trichuris trichiura

na

6.9

Entamoeba dispar

5.7

1.7a

Endolimax nana

na

2.9

Cryptosporidium spp.

1.1

0.6

Chilomastix mesnili

na

1.1

Ascaris lumbricoides

na

0.6

Entamoeba histolytica

0.6

0

  1. Abbreviation: na, the method was not used for detection
  2. a Entamoeba histolytica and E. dispar can not be separated by microscopy but subsequent PCR identified E. dispar