Year

No. of samples /year

Infected cases

Infected samples/year

Protozoan parasites No. (%)

Helminth parasites No. (%)

Entamoeba histolytica

Giardia lamblia

Taenia species

Hookworms

Ascaris lumbricoides

Strongyloides stercoralis

Enterobius vermicularis

Trichuris trichiura

Hymenolepis
nana

2005

11259

465(4.13)

352(3.12)

-

-

4(0.04)

6(0.05)

4(0.04)

-

15(0.13)

846(7.5)

2006

6319

526(8.32)

408(6.46)

2(0.03)

-

4(0.06)

5(0.08)

-

-

13(0.2)

958(15.2)

2007

8593

363(4.22)

518(6.0)

12(0.14)

1(0.01)

1(0.01)

5(0.06)

3(0.03)

-

21(0.24)

924(10.8)

2008

6696

228(3.4)

308(4.6)

4(0.06)

6(0.09)

15(0.22)

8(0.12)

6(0.09)

-

22(0.33)

597(8.9)

2009

8590

172(2.0)

541(6.3)

7(0.08)

3(0.03)

6(0.07)

12(0.14)

2(0.02)

1(0.01)

21(0.24)

765(8.9)

2010

12485

411(3.3)

454(3.64)

4(0.03)

1(0.01)

6(0.05)

9(0.07)

2(0.02)

2(0.02)

28(0.22)

917(7.4)