From: Assessing the burden of intestinal parasites affecting newly arrived immigrants in Qatar
Ā | Mean (Eggs/oocyst/cysts per gm of faeces)āĀ±āS.E.M. (Maximum Egg/Oocyst/cyst count) | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
western Asia | eastern Asia | northern & Saharan Africa | sub-Saharan Africa | Overall | |
Helminths | |||||
ā Ascaris lumbricoides | 3.88āĀ±ā1.512 (1,433) | 5.28āĀ±ā1.886 (1,373) | 1.69āĀ±ā1.596 (220) | 4.50āĀ±ā3.472 (400) | 4.32āĀ±ā1.075 (1,433) |
āHookworms | 3.64āĀ±ā0.851 (660) | 1.11āĀ±ā0.373 (200) | 0.96āĀ±ā0.587 (66) | 0.64āĀ±ā0.478 (53) | 2.39āĀ±ā0.466 (660) |
ā Trichuris trichiura | 1.05āĀ±ā0.442 (440) | 1.04āĀ±ā0.325 (166) | 0.19āĀ±ā0.188 (26) | 0.21āĀ±ā0.211 (26) | 0.96āĀ±ā0.260 (440) |
ā Strongyloides stercoralis | 0.08āĀ±ā0.038 (33) | 0.15āĀ±ā0.082 (66) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0.10āĀ±ā0.037 (66) |
ā Hymenolepis nana | 0.97āĀ±ā0.672 (833) | 0.05āĀ±ā0.043 (40) | 2.85āĀ±ā2.848 (393) | 0.76āĀ±ā0.756 (93) | 0.72āĀ±ā0.385 (833) |
āAll helminths combined | 9.93āĀ±ā1.955 (1,499) | 7.64āĀ±ā1.964 (1,373) | 8.04āĀ±ā4.034 (393) | 6.11āĀ±ā3.574 (400) | 8.77āĀ±ā1.287 (1,499) |
Protozoa | |||||
ā Blastocystis hominis | 36.98āĀ±ā6.279 (4,333) | 17.99āĀ±ā4.314 (2,533) | 35.82āĀ±ā12.099 (1,353) | 22.64āĀ±ā12.350 (1,033) | 29.06āĀ±ā3.753 (4,333) |
ā Endolimax nana | 32.53āĀ±ā8.409 (7,333) | 6.83āĀ±ā2.106 (1,100) | 36.89āĀ±ā20.743 (1,986) | 102.15āĀ±ā45.399 (4,293) | 26.54āĀ±ā5.113 (7,333) |
ā Entamoeba coli | 11.00āĀ±ā3.169 (3,133) | 4.42āĀ±ā1.431 (720) | 16.22āĀ±ā7.095 (820) | 1.14āĀ±ā0.873 (100) | 8.32āĀ±ā1.775 (3,133) |
ā Entamoeba histolytica/dispar | 5.81āĀ±ā2.267 (1,800) | 1.37āĀ±ā0.657 (420) | 3.57āĀ±ā2.799 (366) | 0.65āĀ±ā0.65 (80) | 3.76āĀ±ā1.212 (1,800) |
ā Giardia duodenalis | 46.40āĀ±ā9.714 (5,000) | 8.04āĀ±ā3.244 (1,800) | 1.97āĀ±ā1.928 (266) | 0 (0) | 27.19āĀ±ā5.199 (5,000) |
āAll protozoa combined | 134.83āĀ±ā16.458 (9,786) | 39.44āĀ±ā6.510 (2,533) | 119.82āĀ±ā36.045 (3,392)3 | 127.01āĀ±ā47.319 (4,293) | 97.69āĀ±ā9.436 (9,786) |
Helminths and protozoa combined | 144.76āĀ±ā16.537 (9,786) | 47.08āĀ±ā6.815 (2,533) | 127.86āĀ±ā36.079 (3,392) | 133.11āĀ±ā47.331 (4293) | 106.47āĀ±ā9.506 (9,786) |