Table 2 Pattern of Intestinal parasites among pregnant women
Types of parasites | Species of parasite | No of studies | Pooled prevalence (95 % CI) | I2 | P-values |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Helminthic | Hookworm | 22 | 11.2 % (8.21, 14.02) | 97.3 % | < 0.001 |
Ascaris lumbricoides | 20 | 10.34 % (7.09, 13.59) | 97.9 % | < 0.001 | |
Schistosomia mansoni | 10 | 3.42 % (1.82, 5.01) | 95.3 % | < 0.001 | |
Strongyloides stercolaris | 5 | 1.56 % (0.31, 2.82) | 91.7 % | < 0.001 | |
Trichuris trichiura | 11 | 2.85 % (1.76, 3.94) | 84.3 % | < 0.001 | |
Hymenolepis nana | 8 | 1.09 % (0.56, 1.63) | 50.8 % | 0.047 | |
Taenia species | 7 | 0.94 % (0.57, 1.31) | 65.4 % | 0.022 | |
Enterobius vermicularis | 4 | 0.81 % (0.02, 1.63) | 58.31 | 0.031 | |
Protozoa | Giardia lamblia | 13 | 5.25 % (3.41, 7.09) | 89.5 % | < 0.001 |
|  | Entamoeba histolytica | 11 | 6.89 % (4.07, 9.71) | 94.0 % | < 0.001 |
Mixed | Mixed infection | 11 | 7.08 % (4.18, 9.98) | 95.6 % | < 0.001 |