Skip to main content

Table 5 Abundance of helminth and protozoan parasites by region of origin of the subjects in the study

From: Assessing the burden of intestinal parasites affecting newly arrived immigrants in Qatar

Ā 

Mean (Eggs/oocyst/cysts per gm of faeces)ā€‰Ā±ā€‰S.E.M. (Maximum Egg/Oocyst/cyst count)

western Asia

eastern Asia

northern & Saharan Africa

sub-Saharan Africa

Overall

Helminths

ā€ƒ Ascaris lumbricoides

3.88ā€‰Ā±ā€‰1.512 (1,433)

5.28ā€‰Ā±ā€‰1.886 (1,373)

1.69ā€‰Ā±ā€‰1.596 (220)

4.50ā€‰Ā±ā€‰3.472 (400)

4.32ā€‰Ā±ā€‰1.075 (1,433)

ā€ƒHookworms

3.64ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.851 (660)

1.11ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.373 (200)

0.96ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.587 (66)

0.64ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.478 (53)

2.39ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.466 (660)

ā€ƒ Trichuris trichiura

1.05ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.442 (440)

1.04ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.325 (166)

0.19ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.188 (26)

0.21ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.211 (26)

0.96ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.260 (440)

ā€ƒ Strongyloides stercoralis

0.08ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.038 (33)

0.15ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.082 (66)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0.10ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.037 (66)

ā€ƒ Hymenolepis nana

0.97ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.672 (833)

0.05ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.043 (40)

2.85ā€‰Ā±ā€‰2.848 (393)

0.76ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.756 (93)

0.72ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.385 (833)

ā€ƒAll helminths combined

9.93ā€‰Ā±ā€‰1.955 (1,499)

7.64ā€‰Ā±ā€‰1.964 (1,373)

8.04ā€‰Ā±ā€‰4.034 (393)

6.11ā€‰Ā±ā€‰3.574 (400)

8.77ā€‰Ā±ā€‰1.287 (1,499)

Protozoa

ā€ƒ Blastocystis hominis

36.98ā€‰Ā±ā€‰6.279 (4,333)

17.99ā€‰Ā±ā€‰4.314 (2,533)

35.82ā€‰Ā±ā€‰12.099 (1,353)

22.64ā€‰Ā±ā€‰12.350 (1,033)

29.06ā€‰Ā±ā€‰3.753 (4,333)

ā€ƒ Endolimax nana

32.53ā€‰Ā±ā€‰8.409 (7,333)

6.83ā€‰Ā±ā€‰2.106 (1,100)

36.89ā€‰Ā±ā€‰20.743 (1,986)

102.15ā€‰Ā±ā€‰45.399 (4,293)

26.54ā€‰Ā±ā€‰5.113 (7,333)

ā€ƒ Entamoeba coli

11.00ā€‰Ā±ā€‰3.169 (3,133)

4.42ā€‰Ā±ā€‰1.431 (720)

16.22ā€‰Ā±ā€‰7.095 (820)

1.14ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.873 (100)

8.32ā€‰Ā±ā€‰1.775 (3,133)

ā€ƒ Entamoeba histolytica/dispar

5.81ā€‰Ā±ā€‰2.267 (1,800)

1.37ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.657 (420)

3.57ā€‰Ā±ā€‰2.799 (366)

0.65ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.65 (80)

3.76ā€‰Ā±ā€‰1.212 (1,800)

ā€ƒ Giardia duodenalis

46.40ā€‰Ā±ā€‰9.714 (5,000)

8.04ā€‰Ā±ā€‰3.244 (1,800)

1.97ā€‰Ā±ā€‰1.928 (266)

0 (0)

27.19ā€‰Ā±ā€‰5.199 (5,000)

ā€ƒAll protozoa combined

134.83ā€‰Ā±ā€‰16.458 (9,786)

39.44ā€‰Ā±ā€‰6.510 (2,533)

119.82ā€‰Ā±ā€‰36.045 (3,392)3

127.01ā€‰Ā±ā€‰47.319 (4,293)

97.69ā€‰Ā±ā€‰9.436 (9,786)

Helminths and protozoa combined

144.76ā€‰Ā±ā€‰16.537 (9,786)

47.08ā€‰Ā±ā€‰6.815 (2,533)

127.86ā€‰Ā±ā€‰36.079 (3,392)

133.11ā€‰Ā±ā€‰47.331 (4293)

106.47ā€‰Ā±ā€‰9.506 (9,786)

  1. The highest regional prevalence for each species is in bold
  2. Values are given for those taxa that showed an overall prevalence equal to or greater than 0.4%