Temporal and spatial patterns of Trichuris trichiura eggs: a potential threat to human health in Pakistan
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23 abr 2024
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Categoría del artículo: Research Article
Publicado en línea: 23 abr 2024
Páginas: 11 - 19
Recibido: 17 sept 2023
Aceptado: 18 feb 2024
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/helm-2024-0009
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Fig. 1.

Prevalence rates of Trichuris trichiura’s eggs, in overall and according to sampling seasons and months, in soil samples of urban areas of Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan_
Sampling seasons or months |
Number of soil samples | Infested | Prevalence (%±C.I. |
P value |
---|---|---|---|---|
Autumn | 900 | 19 | 2.11±0.009 | 0.000 |
Winter | 900 | 6 | 0.66±0.005 | |
Springer | 900 | 2 | 0.22±0.003 | |
Summer | 900 | 8 | 0.88±0.005 | |
September | 300 | 10 | 3.33±0.019 | 0.000 |
October | 300 | 7 | 2.33±0.017 | |
November | 300 | 2 | 0.67±0.009 | |
December | 300 | 3 | 1.00±0.011 | |
January | 300 | 2 | 0.67±0.009 | |
February | 300 | 1 | 0.33±0.005 | |
March | 300 | 0 | 0.00±0.000 | |
April | 300 | 1 | 0.33±0.005 | |
May | 300 | 1 | 0.33±0.005 | |
June | 300 | 2 | 0.67±0.009 | |
July | 300 | 2 | 0.67±0.009 | |
August | 300 | 4 | 1.33±0.013 | |
Total | 3600 | 35 | 0.97±0.003 |
Prevalence rates of Trichuris trichiura’s eggs, in overall and according to sampling urban areas, in soil samples of urban areas of Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan_
Sampling urban areas | Number of soil samples | Infested | Prevalence (%±C.I. |
P value |
---|---|---|---|---|
Allama Iqbal Town | 600 | 11 | 1.83±0.009 | 0.117 |
Wapda Town | 600 | 6 | 1.00±0.007 | |
Valenchia Town | 600 | 2 | 0.33±0.003 | |
Cantt | 600 | 3 | 0.50±0.005 | |
Gulberg | 600 | 6 | 1.00±0.007 | |
Samanabad | 600 | 7 | 1.16±0.007 | |
Total | 3600 | 35 | 0.97±0.003 |