Paragonimiasis and Renewed Crab-Eating Behavior in Six Communities from Two Ethnocultural Clusters in Southeastern Nigeria

Table 3

Frequency distribution of Paragonimus egg counts in various localities.

	No. (%) of persons with different egg/ova counts 5 mL^−1 sputum
Locality	No. examined	No. +ve (%)	1–50	51–100	101–150	151–200	200+
Igwun Basin	118	15 (12.7)	8 (53.3)	4 (26.7)	2 (13.3)	1 (6.7)	0 (0)
Iduma Basin	93	14 (15.1)	6 (42.9)	5 (35.7)	1 (7.1)	1 (7.1)	1 (7.1)
Imo River (Umulolo)	86	15 (17.4)	9 (60.0)	3 (20.0)	2 (13.3)	1 (6.7)	0 (0)
Imo River (Oyigbo)	127	13 (10.2)	4 (30.8)	3 (23.1)	2 (15.4)	2 (15.4)	2 (15.4)
Imo River (Choba)	109	11 (10.1)	5 (45.5)	5 (45.5)	1 (9.1)	0 (0)	0 (0)
Imo River (Ogbakiri)	71	12 (16.9)	5 (41.5)	3 (25.0)	2 (16.7)	1 (8.3)	1 (8.3)
Total	604	80 (13.2)	37 (46.3)	23 (28.7)	10 (12.5)	6 (7.5)	4 (5.0)