Table 2 Prevalence of intestinal parasites among study subjects in lowland and highland dwellers in Gamo area
Parasites | Study sites | Total (n = 858) No (%) | χ 2 | P-value | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lowland | Highland | ||||||||
Lante (n = 190) | Shelle (n = 269) | Total (n = 459) | Dorze (n = 123) | Geressie (n = 276) | Total (n = 399) | ||||
No (%) | No (%) | No (%) | No (%) | No (%) | No (%) | ||||
E. histolytica/dispar | 9 (4.7) | 19(7.1) | 28 (6.1) | 1 (0.8) | 69 (25.0) | 70 (17.5) | 98 (11.4) | 27.63 | < 0.001* |
G. lamblia | 28 (14.7) | 46 (17.1) | 74 (16.1) | 2 (1.6) | 15 (5.4) | 17 (4.3) | 91 (10.6) | 31.67 | <0.001* |
A. lumbricoides | 2 (1.1) | 1 (0.4) | 3 (0.6) | 27 (21.9) | 37 (13.4) | 64 (16.0) | 67 (7.8) | 70.19 | <0.001* |
H. nana | 2 (1.1) | 3 (1.1) | 5 (1.1) | 1 (0.8) | 1 (0.4) | 2 (0.5) | 7 (0.6) | 0.91 | 0.344 |
Hookworm | 14 (7.4) | 19 (7.0) | 33 (7.2) | 1 (0.8) | 8 (2.9) | 9 (2.2) | 42 (4.9) | 9.83 | 0.002* |
S. mansoni | 1 (0.5) | ---- | 1 (0.2) | ---- | ---- | ----- | 1 (0.12) | -- | --- |
S. stercoralis | 17 (8.9) | 34 (12.6) | 51 (11.1) | ---- | ---- | ----- | 51 (5.9) | -- | --- |
Taenia spp | 4 (2.1) | 9 (3.3) | 13 (2.8) | 4 (3.3) | 1 (0.4) | 5 (1.2) | 18 (2.1) | 2.59 | 0.107 |
T. trichiura | ---- | 1 (0.4) | 1 (0.2) | 21 (17.0) | 2 (0.7) | 23 (5.8) | 24 (2.8) | 24.21 | <0.001* |