Distribution of Parasites Detected in Stool Samples of Patients in Le Dantec University Hospital of Dakar, Senegal, from 2011 to 2015

Table 2

(a) Species distribution in monoparasitism

Species	Total	%
Entamoeba coli	171	38,9%
Entamoeba histolytica/dispar	56	12,7%
Giardia intestinalis	35	8%
Ascaris lumbricoides	32	7,3%
Trichuris trichiura	24	5,5%
Blastocystis hominis	18	4%
Trichomonas intestinalis	18	4%
Taenia saginata/solium	6	1,4%
Strongyloides stercoralis	4	0,9%
Hymenolepis nana	3	0,7%
Schistosoma mansoni	3	0,7%
Isospora belli	2	0,45%
Endolimax nanus	2	0,45%
Ancylostoma	1	0,2%
Dicrocoelium dendriticum	1	0,2%
Enterobius vermicularis	1	0,2%
Total in monoparasitism	377	85,7

(b) Species distribution in multiparasitism

Species	Associated species	Number of; isolations	Total of; species	%
Biparasitism				13,6
Between helminths
Ascaris lumbricoides	Trichuris trichiura	8	16	3,6%
Between protozoa
Blastocystis hominis	Entamoeba coli	1	2	0,45%
Blastocystis hominis	Trichomonas intestinalis	1	2	0,45%
Entamoeba coli	Trichomonas intestinalis	1	2	0,45%
Entamoeba histolytica/dispar	Entamoeba coli	4	8	1,8%
Entamoeba histolytica/dispar	Trichomonas intestinalis	1	2	0,45%
Giardia intestinalis	Trichomonas intestinalis	1	2	0,45%
Giardia intestinalis	Entamoeba coli	6	12	2,7%
Between protozoa and helminths
Entamoeba coli	Ascaris lumbricoides	4	8	1,8%
Entamoeba coli	Strongyloides stercoralis	1	2	0,45%
Giardia intestinalis	Trichuris trichiura	1	2	0,45%
Giardia intestinalis	Strongyloides stercoralis	1	2	0,45%
Triparasitism
Ascaris lumbricoides-Trichuris trichiura-Entamoeba histolytica		1	3	0,7
Total in multiparasitism		31	63	14,3