Table 2 Prevalence of intestinal parasitic infection in Nopphitam District, Nakhon Si Thammarat Province, Thailand
Parasite | Study site | Overall (n = 324) | X 2 | P-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Na Reng | Karo | Nopphitam | Krungching | ||||
(n = 72) | (n = 79) | (n = 55) | (n = 118) | No. (%) | |||
No. (%) | No. (%) | No. (%) | No. (%) | ||||
Helminths | |||||||
Hookworms | 7 (9.7) | 7 (8.8) | 3 (5.4) | 9 (7.6) | 26 (8.0) | 0.798 | 0.850 |
Strongyloides stercoralis | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.3) | 2 (3.6) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (0.9) | 5.472 | 0.140 |
Trichuris trichiura | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.3) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.6) | 2.418 | 0.491 |
Total | 7 (9.7) | 9 (11.4) | 5 (9.0) | 9 (7.6) | 30 (9.6) | 0.048 | 0.997 |
Protozoans | |||||||
Blastocystis hominis | 2 (2.8) | 4 (5.1) | 1 (1.8) | 6 (5.1) | 13 (4.0) | 2.283 | 0.516 |
Giardia intestinalis | 1 (1.4) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.8) | 2 (0.6) | 2.349 | 0.503 |
Total | 3 (4.2) | 4 (5.1) | 1 (1.8) | 7 (5.9) | 15 (4.6) | 1.648 | 0.648 |
Overall | 11 (15.3) | 13 (16.4) | 6 (10.9) | 16 (13.5) | 45 (13.8) | 0.698 | 0.874 |