Table 1 Prevalence of intestinal helminths infection among primary schools in Ambo town, 2015
Type of parasitic infections | Helminths infection among schools | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liben mecha No (%) | Oddo liben No (%) | Senkele No (%) | Feature generation No (%) | Kidanemihret No (%) | Adventist No (%) | |
Trichuris trichiura | 4 (2.86%) | 3 (8.57%) | 0 (.0%) | 0 (.0%) | 0 (.0%) | 0 (.0%) |
Hymenolepis nana | 8 (5.71%) | 0 (.0%) | 0 (.0%) | 0 (.0%) | 1 (2.56%) | 0 (.0%) |
Ascaris lumbricoids | 11 (7.86%) | 10 (28.6%) | 1(2.1%) | 3 (6.98%) | 0 (.0%) | 0 (.0%) |
Hookworms | 1 (0.71%) | 1 (2.86%) | 7 (14.6%) | 0 (.0%) | 0 (.0%) | 0 (.0%) |
Schistosoma mansoni | 2 (1.43%) | 0 (.0%) | 0 (.0%) | 0 (.0%) | 1 (2.56%) | 0 (.0%) |
Double infection with Ascaris & Trichuris | 0 (.0%) | 2 (5.71%) | 0 (.0%) | 0 (.0%) | 0 (.0%) | 0 (.0%) |
Double infection with Trichuris & S.mansoni | 1 (0.71%) | 0 (.0%) | 0 (.0%) | 0 (.0%) | 1 (2.56%) | 0 (.0%) |
Triple with Ascaris, H. nana & Trichuris | 1 (0.71%) | 1 (2.86%) | 0 (.0%) | 0 (.0%) | 0 (.0%) | 0 (.0%) |