Table 1 Parasitic infections in stool samples of children (n= 217) living in temporary housing after the 1999 earthquake disaster in Armenia.
From: Giardiasis in children living in post-earthquake camps from Armenia (Colombia)
Organism | Number of infected children | Percent of sampled children | Number of infected children also infected with giardiasis |
|---|---|---|---|
Ascaris lumbricoides | 36 | 16.6% | 19 |
Balantidium coli | 4 | 1.8% | 3 |
Endamoeba coli | 71 | 32.7% | 40 |
Endolimax nana | 125 | 57.6% | 56 |
lodamoeba buschlii | 31 | 14.3% | 19 |
Entamoeba histolytica/dispar (determined by micrometry) | 116 | 53.4% | 75 |