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Table 2 Distribution of IPIs to sex in Chencha town primary school children, Southern Ethiopia, 2012

From: Assessment of the prevalence of intestinal parasitosis and associated risk factors among primary school children in Chencha town, Southern Ethiopia

Types of parasites

Males

Females

Both sex

p-value

No (%)

No (%)

No (%)

Protozoans

  

E.histolytica/dispar

32 (49.3%)

33 (50.7%)

65 (16.25%)

P > 0.05

Giardia lamblia

22 (46.8%)

25 (53.2%)

47 (11.75%)

P > 0.05

Helminths

  

Ascaris lumbricoides

117 (48.3%)

125 (41.7%)

242 (60.5%)

P > 0.05

Trichuris trichiura

15 (38.4%)

24 (61.5%)

39 (9.7%)

P > 0.05

Taenia species

1 (33.3%)

2 (65.7%)

3 (0.75%)

P > 0.05

Hookworm species

2 (28.5%)

7 (71.5%)

9 (2.25%)

P > 0.05

Hymenolepis nana

3 (100.0%)

0 (0.0%)

3 (0.75%)

P > 0.05

Total

153 (47.3%)

171 (52.7%)

324 (81.0%)

P > 0.05

  1. (P < 0.05) indicates statistically significant difference.