Table 3 The prevalence of intestinal parasitic infections of study children aged 6–59 months in Boricha Woreda, Southern Ethiopia, 2019 (N = 622)
Variables | Sex | Total | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Male (%) | Female (%) | |||
Types of infections | ||||
Single | 128 (20.58) | 138 (22.19) | 266 (42.77) | 0.964 |
Mixed | 18 (2.89) | 19 (3.05) | 37 (5.94) | 0.755 |
Types of intestinal parasites | ||||
Giardia lamblia | 20 (3.22) | 45 (7.23) | 65 (10.45) | 0.002** |
Entamoeba histoltica | 14 (2.25) | 15 (2.41) | 29 (4.66) | 0.998 |
Ascaris lumbricoides | 26 (4.18) | 41 (6.59) | 67 (10.77) | 0.049* |
Trichiuris trichiuria | 27 (4.34) | 11 (1.76) | 38 (6.1) | 0.001** |
Hookworm | 33 (5.3) | 16 (2.58) | 49 (7.88) | 0.008* |
Taenia species | 2 (0.32) | 6 (0.96) | 8 (1.3) | 0.054* |
Strongliod stercoralis | 6 (0.96) | 4 (0.64) | 10 (1.6) | 0.097 |
Intensity of infection | ||||
Light | 101 (16.24) | 112 (18) | 213 (34.24) | 0.625 |
Moderate | 32 (5.14) | 35 (5.62) | 67 (10.77) | 0.978 |
Heavy | 12 (1.93) | 11 (1.77) | 23 (3.7) | 0.899 |