Parasitic Prevalence in a Suburban School of Famaillá, Tucumán, Argentina

Table 1

Prevalence of intestinal parasites in school children of Famaillá city, Tucumán province, Argentina.

Parasites	Positive cases	Frequency (%)^*
Protozoa
Giardia lamblia	37	24.8
Blastocystis hominis	81	54.4
Endolimax nana	20	13.4
Entamoeba coli	53	35.6
Iodamoeba bütschlii	2	1.3
Chilomastix mesnili	3	2.0
Helminths
Enterobius vermicularis	41	27.5
Strongyloides stercoralis	4	2.7
Ascaris lumbricoides	31	20.8
Hymenolepis nana	3	2.0
Trichuris trichiura	19	12.8
Hookworm	1	0.7

^*𝑛=149.