Intestinal parasitic infection among school children in Dakahlia governorate, Egypt: a cross-sectional study

Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette

Table 1 Prevalence of intestinal parasitic infection among studied school children

	No.	%
Type of intestinal parasite^a
Protozoa
E. histolytica/dispar	89	12.3
G. lambilia	62	8.5
Helminthes
A. lumbricoides	41	5.7
A. duodenale	6	0.8
E. vermicularis	49	6.8
H. nana	56	7.7
S. mansoni	2	0.3
Number of parasites
No infection	487	67.1
Mono infection	143	19.7
Double infection	71	9.8
Triple infection	25	3.4
Total	726	100