Prevalence and Associated Risk Factors of Intestinal Parasites and Enteric Bacterial Infections among Selected Region Food Handlers of Ethiopia during 2014–2022: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

<table class="table-group" id="tab1"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Category</td><td class="align_center">Pooled number (%)</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Helminthes</td><td class="align_center">724 (13.89)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"><i>Ascaris lumbricoides</i></td><td class="align_center">395 (7.58)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Hookworm</td><td class="align_center">141 (2.70)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"><i>Taenia</i> species</td><td class="align_center">58 (1.11)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"><i>Trichuris trichiura</i></td><td class="align_center">53 (1.02)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"><i>Enterobius vermicularis</i></td><td class="align_center">29 (0.56)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"><i>Schistosoma mansoni</i></td><td class="align_center">26 (0.50)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"><i>Hymenolepis nana</i></td><td class="align_center">22 (0.42)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Protozoan</td><td class="align_center">619 (11.88)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"><i>Entamoeba histolytica</i>/<i>dispar</i></td><td class="align_center">353 (6.78)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"><i>Giardia lamblia</i></td><td class="align_center">191 (3.67)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"><i>Entamoeba coli</i></td><td class="align_center">50 (0.96)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"><i>Entamoeba hartmanni</i></td><td class="align_center">18 (0.34)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"><i>Giardia intestinalis</i></td><td class="align_center">7 (0.13)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Enteric bacteria</td><td class="align_center">177 (3.39)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"><i>Salmonella</i> spp.</td><td class="align_center">145 (2.78)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"><i>Shigella</i> spp.</td><td class="align_center">32 (0.61)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Total</td><td class="align_center">1,520 (29.16)</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="2"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Prevalence of intestinal parasites and enteric bacteria among food handlers.</div>

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Table 1: Prevalence and Associated Risk Factors of Intestinal Parasites and Enteric Bacterial Infections among Selected Region Food Handlers of Ethiopia during 2014–2022: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis 

Table 1 | Prevalence and Associated Risk Factors of Intestinal Parasites and Enteric Bacterial Infections among Selected Region Food Handlers of Ethiopia during 2014–2022: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis 