Table 3 Prevalence of intestinal helminths parasite in dogs, stratified by communities.
| Â | Overall (n = 396) | Urban (n = 192) | Rural (n = 204) | Urban vs. Rural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | N infected | % (95% Cl) | N infected | % (95% Cl) | N infected | % (95% Cl) | p value |
Parasite species | |||||||
Toxocara canis | 165 | 41.7 (36.8 – 46.7) | 72 | 37.5 (30.6 – 44.8) | 93 | 45.6 (39.6 – 53.7) | 0.13 |
Ancylostoma sp. | 67 | 16.9 (13.4 – 21.0) | 27 | 14.1 (9.5 – 19.8) | 40 | 19.6 (14.4 – 25.7) | 0.18 |
Trichuris vulpis | 57 | 14.4 (9.7 – 16.6) | 28 | 14.6 (9.9 – 20.4) | 29 | 14.2 (9.7 – 19.8) | 1.0 |
Dipylidium caninum | 36 | 9.1 (6.5 – 12.4) | 11 | 5.7 (2.9 – 10.0) | 25 | 12.3 (8.1 – 17.6) | 0.035 |
Taenidae | 33 | 8.3 (5.8 – 11.5) | 3 | 1.6 (0.3 – 4.5) | 30 | 14.7 (10.2 – 20.3) | < 0.0001 |
Strongyloides sp. | 15 | 3.8 (2.1 – 6.2) | 3 | 1.6 (0.3 – 4.5) | 12 | 5.8 (3.1 – 10.1) | 0.033 |
Number of intestinal helminth species per host | |||||||
One helminth species | 196 | 49.4 (44.2 – 54.3) | 92 | 47.9 (40.7 – 55.2) | 104 | 51.0 (43.9 – 58.3) | 0.6 |
Two helminth species | 52 | 13.1 (10.0 – 16.9) | 17 | 8.9 (5.2 – 13.8) | 35 | 17.5 (12.3 – 23.0) | 0.017 |
Three helminth species | 18 | 4.6 (2.7 – 7.1) | 4 | 2.1 (0.6 – 5.2) | 14 | 6.9 (3.8 – 11.2) | 0.029 |
Four or more helminth species | 5 | 1.3 (0.0 – 2.9) | 0 | - | 5 | 2.5 (0.1 – 5.6) | 0.062 |