The Frequency of Intestinal Parasitic Infections in COVID-19 Patients: A Case-Control Study in Tehran, Capital of Iran

Table 1

Frequency of intestinal parasitic infections among COVID-19 patients and healthy group.

Parasites	COVID-19 patients (n = 200)	Healthy group (n = 200)
	No. of positive (%)	No. of positive (%)	value
Blastocystis sp.	12 (6%)	8 (4%)	0.48
Giardia lamblia	3 (1.5%)	3 (1.5%)	1
Entamoeba coli	3 (1.5%)	2 (1%)	0.65
Chilomastix mesnili	2 (1%)	2 (1%)	1
Microsporidia spp.	2 (1%)	0 (0%)	0.55
Cryptosporidium spp.	1 (0.5%)	0 (0%)	0.54
G. lamblia + Entamoeba coli	2 (1%)	0 (0%)	0.55
Blastocystis sp. + G. lamblia	1 (0.5%)	0 (0%)	0.54

values <0.05 are statistically significant.