Food category

No. of samples collected

No. of handlers tested positive to parasite

Percentage (%) of Hookworm

Percentage (%) of Ascaris

Percentage (%) of T. trichura

Percentage (%) of E. histolytica

Cooked food

180

73 (40.5)

16 (21.9)

18 (24.7)

4 (5.5)

35 (48.0)

Okpa

30

15 (50.0)

3 (20.0)

3 (20.0)

-

9 (60.0)

Snacks

84

30 (35.7)

5 (16.7)

6 (20.0)1

1 (3.3)

18 (60.0)

Meat

12

8 (66.7)

1 (12.5)

3 (37.5)

-

4 (50.0)