Table 3 Prevalence of intestinal opportunistic intestinal parasites according age and sex
Opportunistic parasite | Cryptosporidium | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Risk factor | No. samples examined | No. positive (Prevalence %) | P value | No. positive (Prevalence %) | P value |
Age group (years) | |||||
0–5 | 40 | 18 (45) | 15 (37.5) | ||
6–9 | 30 | 10 (33.3) | 10 (33.3) | ||
10–14 | 19 | 5 (26.3) | 0.2 | 5 (26.3) | 0.5 |
15–29 | 70 | 16 (22.9) | 16 (22.9) | ||
30–59 | 124 | 32 (25.8) | 29 (23.4) | ||
>60 | 8 | 3 (37.5) | 2 (25.0) | ||
Gender | |||||
Male | 146 | 44 (30,1) | 41 (28.1) | ||
Female | 145 | 40 (30,1) | 0.6 | 36 (24.8) | 0.5 |