Types of Parasites | Mulu | Tolola | Chefe | Chemeto | p-value | ||||
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No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | ||
Total positive | 86 | 86.0 | 69 | 86.25 | 73 | 73.0 | 96 | 80.0 | |
Protozoans | p > 0.05 | ||||||||
E.histolytica/dispar | 14 | 14.0 | 18 | 22.5 | 9 | 9.0 | 24 | 20.0 | P = 0.05 |
Giardia lamblia | 12 | 12.0 | 9 | 11.25 | 18 | 18.0 | 8 | 6.7 | |
Helminths | P < 0.05 | ||||||||
Ascaris lumbricoides | 63 | 63.0 | 58 | 72.5 | 53 | 53.0 | 68 | 56.7 | P < 0.05 |
Trichuris trichiura | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 15.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 19 | 15.8 | |
Hook worm species | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 0.0 | `1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0.8 | P < 0.05 |
Taenia species | 2 | 3.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.8 | |
Hymenolopis nana | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
None | 11 | 16.0 | 24 | 30.0 | 27 | 27.0 | 14 | 11.7 | |
Single infection | 63 | 63.0 | 44 | 55.0 | 60 | 60.0 | 71 | 59.1 | |
Double infection | 21 | 21.0 | 19 | 23.7 | 12 | 12.0 | 24 | 20.0 | |
Multiple infection | 2 | 2.0 | 6 | 7.5 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0.8 |