First genotyping of Giardia duodenalis and prevalence of enteroparasites in children from Tetouan (Morocco)

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Table 1.

Prevalence of intestinal parasites in urban and rural zone of Tetouan (Morocco) during 2012–2013.

Parasite	Urban n(%)	Rural n(%)	Global prevalence	p-value¹	p-value²
Blastocystis hominis	129 (67.5)	136 (60.1)	265 (63.8)	0.000012	0.11787
Giardia intestinalis	30 (15.7)	54 (23.9)	84 (19.8)	0.000004	0.03751
C. cayetanensis	10 (5.2)	12 (5.3)	22 (5.2)	0.189948	0.96362
Entamoeba coli	7 (3.6)	4(1.7)	11 (2.6)	0.752927	0.22187
Chilomastix mesnili	4 (2)	5 (2.2)	9 (2.1)	0.372669	0.88736
Iodamoeba butschlii	2 (1)	2 (0.8)	4 (0.9)	0.715223	0.82862
Isospora belli	0	1	1 (0.5)	0.231573	0.38156
Enterobius vermicularis	4 (1.7)	3 (1.3)	7 (1.5)	0.92142	0.73636
Hymenolepis spp.	2 (0.8)	7 (3)	9 (1.9)	0.387293	0.10919
Ascaris lumbricoides	1 (0.4)	0	1 (0.2)	0.406099	0.34127
Trichuris trichiura	2 (1)	2 (0.8)	4 (0.9)	0.715223	0.82862

n: number of samples with parasites.

p-value: Mann-Whitney W test to compare between rural and urban zones. The level of significance was set at p < 0.05.

p-value: A contrast to compare proportions which assumes a normal approximation is used. The level of significance was set at p < 0.05.

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