Intestinal Parasitic Infections, Treatment and Associated Factors among Pregnant Women in Sao Tome and Principe: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 2

Parasites identified in the 210 positive copro-parasitological exams.

	Stool specimens	Frequency (n=)	Percentage (%)
Helminths	Ascaris lumbricoides	191	90.9
	Trichuris trichiura	29	13.8
	Ancylostoma duodenale	3	1.4
	Strongyloides stercoralis	1	0.5
Schistosoma	Schistosoma intercalatum	11	5.2
Intestinal protozoans	Pathogenic
	Entamoeba histolytica	7	3.3
	Giardia duodenalis	2	0.9
	Nonpathogenic
	Endolimax nana	1	0.5

parasite individual percentages add more than 100% due to copro-parasitological exams with more than one parasite per sample. Out of the 210 exams analyzed, a total of 245 different parasite specimens were identified.