Natural contamination of human hands with enteric parasites in Indian Subcontinent

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World J Clin Infect Dis. May 25, 2013; 3(2): 13-19
Published online May 25, 2013. doi: 10.5495/wjcid.v3.i2.13

Table 2 Characterization of enteric parasitic ova/(oo)cysts recovered from stool samples

Parasites	Prevalence in parasitic ova/(oo)cystpositive stool samples
	Kolkata, India	Dhaka, Bangladesh
	(n = 113)	(n = 269)
Intestinal protozoa
Giardia lamblia	26%	10%
Cryptosporidium hominis.	10%	ND
Entamoeba histolytica	ND	7%
Blastocystis hominis	ND	7%
Iodamoeba butschlii	ND	6%
Trichomonas hominus	ND	0.50%
Soil-transmitted helminthes and schistosomes
Ascaris lumbricoides	43%	37%
Trichuris trichiura	ND	20%
Hookworm	12%	0.50%
Hymenolepis nana	2%	1%
Taenia sp.	2%	ND
Schistosoma sp.	5%	ND

Percentage of each type of parasite found in stool samples from Kolkata, India and Dhaka, Bangladesh. ND: Not detected.

Citation: Ijaz MK, Talukder KA, Aslam M, Haque R, Ganguly S, Azmi IJ, Hossain MS, Mukherjee AK, Raj D, Ahmed I, Kamal J, Rubino JR, Nur-E-Kamal A. Natural contamination of human hands with enteric parasites in Indian Subcontinent. World J Clin Infect Dis 2013; 3(2): 13-19
URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/2220-3176/full/v3/i2/13.htm
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.5495/wjcid.v3.i2.13