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The overall prevalence of enteroparasite infections was 68.2% with a total of at least 20 species.\n                    <jats:italic>Blastocystis hominis<\/jats:italic>\n                    (45.5%),\n                    <jats:italic>Giardia intestinalis<\/jats:italic>\n                    (31.7%),\n                    <jats:italic>Trichuris trichiura<\/jats:italic>\n                    (8.2%), and\n                    <jats:italic>Ascaris lumbricoides<\/jats:italic>\n                    (5.2%) were the most prevalent protozoa and helminth species in the total study as well as in all departments. Protozoan prevalence presented a statistically significant difference by gender (male: 69.6%; female: 46.7%;\n                    <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                    &lt; 0.001), and males presented a higher\n                    <jats:italic>T. trichiura<\/jats:italic>\n                    infection rate than females (male: 9.9%; female 6.4%;\n                    <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                    &lt; 0.035). Protozoan prevalence increased with age with a statistically significant difference (\n                    <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                    &lt; 0.001). Helminths were always more prevalent in urban areas (\n                    <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                    &lt; 0.0002). Protozoan infections result statistically higher than helminth infections so that water-based transmission could be suspected. 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