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Temporal and spatial patterns of Trichuris trichiura eggs: a potential threat to human health in Pakistan

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23 avr. 2024
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Fig. 1.

Photographs showing some sampling sites: (a) Samanabad, (b) Gulberg, (c) Cantt, (d) Allama Iqbal Town.
Photographs showing some sampling sites: (a) Samanabad, (b) Gulberg, (c) Cantt, (d) Allama Iqbal Town.

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 months1 Number of soil samples Infested Prevalence (%±C.I.2) 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.1) 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