Prevalence of Intestinal Parasitic Infections among Patients of King Fahd Medical City in Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia: A 5-Year Retrospective Study

Table 2

Prevalence of intestinal parasitic infection in different seasons during the study (2013 – 2017).

Type of parasite	Spring		Summer		Fall		Winter
	No.	P	No.	P	No.	P	No.	P
Entamoeba histolytica	2	0.14%	5	0.39%	7	0.43%	2	0.12%
Cryptosporidium parvum	2	0.14%	1	0.08%	2	0.12%	1	0.06%
Giardia lamblia	0	0.00%	2	0.16%	2	0.12%	0	0.00%
Trichuris trichiura	1	0.07%	0	0.00%	1	0.06%	0	0.00%
Chilomastix mesnili	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	1	0.06%	0	0.00%
Hymenolepis nana	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	1	0.06%
Total infected	5	0.35%	8	0.63%	13	0.79%	4	0.25%
Total examined	1446		1280		1643		1618