Natural contamination of human hands with enteric parasites in Indian Subcontinent

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World J Clin Infect Dis. May 25, 2013; 3(2): 13-19
Published online May 25, 2013. doi: 10.5495/wjcid.v3.i2.13

Table 3 Identification of enteric parasites recovered from hand wash samples

Parasites	Prevalence of enteric parasitic ova /(oo)cysts in hand wash samples
	Kolkata, India(n = 100)	Sex		Age (yr)		Dhaka, Bangladesh(n = 100)	Sex		Age (yr)
	Kolkata, India(n = 100)	M	F	≤12	> 12	Dhaka, Bangladesh(n = 100)	M	F	≤12	> 12
Intestinal protozoa
Giardia lamblia	31%	64.5%	35.50%	35.50%	64.5%	19%	86%	14%	100%	0%
Cryptosporidium hominis.	5%	60%	40%	0%	100%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Blastocystis hominis	ND	0%	0%	0%	0%	5%	0%	100%	0%	100%
Iodamoeba butschlii	ND	0%	0%	0%	0%	5%	0%	100%	0%	100%
Soil-transmitted helminthes and schistosomes
Ascaris lumbricoides	53%	47.10%	52.90%	56.60%	43.40%	47%	68%	32%	100%	0%
Trichuris trichiura	ND	0%	0%	0%	0%	24%	100%	0%	100%	0%
Hookworm	9%	44.40%	56.60%	0%	100%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Schistosoma sp.	2%	0%	100%	100%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%

A portion of concentrated samples were smeared on microscopic slides and examined microscopically and/or by polymerase chain reaction. Percentages of different types of enteric parasites found in hand wash samples are shown. ND: Not detected. M: Male; F: Female.

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Citation: Ijaz MK, Talukder KA, Aslam M, Haque R, Ganguly S, Azmi IJ, Hossain MS, Mukherjee AK, Raj D, Ahmed I, Kamal J, Rubino JR, Nur-E-Kamal A. Natural contamination of human hands with enteric parasites in Indian Subcontinent. World J Clin Infect Dis 2013; 3(2): 13-19
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Ijaz MK, Talukder KA, Aslam M, Haque R, Ganguly S, Azmi IJ, Hossain MS, Mukherjee AK, Raj D, Ahmed I, Kamal J, Rubino JR, Nur-E-Kamal A. Natural contamination of human hands with enteric parasites in Indian Subcontinent. World J Clin Infect Dis 2013; 3(2): 13-19 [DOI: 10.5495/wjcid.v3.i2.13]

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