Parasites detected | Sex | χ 2 | P-value | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Male (n = 399) | Female (n = 459) | |||
No (%) | No (%) | |||
E. histolytica/dispar | 37 (9.3) | 61 (13.3) | 3.40 | 0.065 |
G. lamblia | 43 (10.8) | 48 (10.5) | 0.02 | 0.880 |
A. lumbricoides | 20 (5.0) | 47 (10.2) | 8.10 | 0.004* |
H. nana | 4 (1.0) | 3 (0.7) | 0.32 | 0.571 |
Hookworm | 25 (6.3) | 17 (3.7) | 3.01 | 0.083 |
S. mansoni | 1 (0.3) | ----- | -- | --- |
S. stercoralis | 28 (7.0) | 23 (5.0) | 1.54 | 0.215 |
Taenia spp | 8 (2.0) | 10 (2.2) | 3.62 | 0.057 |
T. trichiura | 10 (2.5) | 14 (3.1) | 0.23 | 0.630 |