Table 3 Distribution of intestinal parasites infections among inmates of Kisii prison according to age groups
% infestation rates of inmates in respect to age groups (N = 384) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Parasite/class | 20–29 (n = 153) | 30–39 (n = 124) | 40–49 (n = 69) | 50–59 (n = 33) | >60 (n = 5) | (%) infestation of total |
Single infestations | ||||||
Protozoan’s | ||||||
E. histolytica/E. dispar | 7 (1.8) | 14 (3.6) | 6 (1.7) | 3 (0.8) | 1 (0.3) | 31 (8.2) |
G. lamblia | 1 (2.9) | 6 (1.7) | 4 (1.0) | 2 (0.5) | 0 (0.0) | 23 (6.1) |
B. coli | 1 (0.3) | 1 (0.3) | 1 (0.3) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.3) | 4 (1.2) |
Sub total protozoan’s | 9 (5.0) | 8 (5.6) | 11 (3.0) | 5 (1.3) | 2 (0.6) | |
Helminthes | ||||||
A. lumbricoides | 11 (2.9)a | 6 (1.7) | 2 (0.5) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0)a | 19 (5.1) |
S. stercoralis | 1 (0.3) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.3) | 2 (0.6) |
Hookworms | 1 (0.3) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.3) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (0.6) |
T. trichiura | 1 (0.3) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.3) |
Subtotal helminthes | 4 (3.8) | 6 (1.7) | 3 (0.8) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | |
Mixed infections | ||||||
A. lumbricoides + G. lamblia | 5 (0.7) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 5 (0.7) |
G. lamblia + E. histolytica/E. dispar | 2 (0.5) | 1 (0.3) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (0.8) |
A. lumbricoides + E. histolytica/E. dispar | 2 (0.5) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (0.5) |
A. lumbricoides + G. lamblia + E. histolytica/E. dispar | 2 (0.5) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (0.5) |
G. lamblia + Taenia spp. | 1 (0.3) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.3) |
Subtotal mixed infections | 12 (2.5) | 1 (0.3) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | |
Overall total number of inmates | 25 (11.3) | 14 (8.0) | 14 (3.8) | 5 (1.3) | 2 (0.6) | |