Table 3 Occurrence and Prevalence of Parasites from different water sources in Akure South and Akure North
From: Parasitic contamination of water sources in Akure, Ondo State, Nigeria
Parasites found | Location | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Akure South | Akure North | |||||||||
Well (n = 84) | Borehole (n = 33) | Stream (n = 34) | Rain (n = 34) | Total (n = 185) | Well (n = 29) | Borehole (n = 19) | Stream (n = 29) | Rain (n = 39) | Total (n = 116) | |
Cryptosporidium parvum | 32 (38.1%) | 29 (87.9%) | 6 (17.6%) | 4 (11.8%) | 71 (38.4%) | 11 (37.9%) | 0 (0%) | 9 (31.0%) | 9 (23.1%) | 29 (25%) |
Entamoeba coli | 9 (10.7%) | 2 (6.1%) | 2 (5.9%) | 1 (2.9%) | 14 (7.6%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
Giardia lamblia | 14 (16.7%) | 6 (18.2%) | 10 (29.4%) | 6 (17.6%) | 36 (19.5%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
Fluke | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 6(17.6%) | 1 (2.9%) | 7 (3.8%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
Round worm | 2 (2.4%) | 1 (3.0%) | 3 (8.8%) | 1 (2.9%) | 7 (3.8%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
Enterobium vermicularis | 3 (3.6 %) | 0 (0%) | 7 (20.6%) | 2 (15.9%) | 12 (6.5%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
Schistosoma haematobium | 4 (4.8%) | 0 (0%) | 2 (5.9%) | 0 (0%) | 6 (3.2%) | 1 (3.4%) | 0 (0%) | 13 (44.8%) | 1 (2.6%) | 15 (12.9%) |
Cyclospora cayetanensis | 2 (2.4%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (2.9%) | 3 (1.6%) | 2 (6.9%) | 0 (0%) | 5 (17.2%) | 3 (7.7%) | 10 (8.6%) |
Dracunculus medinensis | 15 (17.9%) | 0 (0%) | 12 (35.3%) | 4 (11.8%) | 31 (16.8%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
Strongiloides stercoralis | 9 (10.7 %) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (2.9%) | 10 (5.4%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (3.4%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (0.9%) |
Naegleria fowleri | 0 (0%) | 6 (18.2%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 6 (3.2%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
Entamoeba histolytica | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 6 (20.74%) | 0 (0%) | 26 (89.7%) | 7 (17.9%) | 39 (33.6%) |
Giardia intestinalis | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 10 (34.5%) | 0 (0%) | 8 (6.9%) | 6 (15.4%) | 24 (20.7%) |
Ascaris lumbricoides | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 2 (6.9%) | 0 (0%) | 2 (1.7%) |