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Table 3 Distribution of intestinal parasitic infections among Chencha primary schools, 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

Mulu

Tolola

Chefe

Chemeto

p-value

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

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