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) |