Table 2 Prevalence of intestinal parasites among primary schoolchildren in Debre Berhan town, Northeast Ethiopia, 2017 (N=645)
Parasitic species | Total No (%) | Boys No (%) | Girls No (%) | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
All protozoa | 129 (20.0) | 67 (21.7) | 62 (18.4) | 0.288 |
Entamoeba spp. | 117 (18.1) | 62 (20.1) | 55 (16.3) | 0.211 |
Giardia lamblia | 12 (1.9) | 5 (1.6) | 7 (2.1) | 0.668 |
All helminths | 218 (33.8) | 106 (34.4) | 112 (33.2) | 0.751 |
Ascaris lumbricoides | 146 (22.6) | 74 (24.0) | 72 (21.4) | 0.420 |
Hymenolepis nana | 37 (5.7) | 16 (5.2) | 21 (6.2) | 0.570 |
Hookworm | 25 (3.9) | 10 (3.2) | 15 (4.4) | 0.425 |
Strongyloides stercoralis | 6 (0.9) | 3 (1.0) | 3 (0.9) | 0.912 |
Teania saginata | 4 (0.6) | 3 (1.0) | 1 (0.3) | 0.285 |
All double parasite infection | 6 (0.9) | 5 (1.6) | 1 (0.3) | 0.088 |
A. lumbricoides + hookworm | 3 (0.45) | 2 (0.6) | 1 (0.3) | 0.518 |
A. lumbricoides + H.nana | 1 (0.15) | 1 (0.3) | 0 (0.0) | 0.317 |
A. lumbricoides + Entamoeba spp. | 1 (0.15) | 1 (0.3) | 0 (0.0) | 0.317 |
Entamoeba spp. + G. lamblia | 1 (0.15) | 1 (0.3) | 0 (0.0) | 0.317 |
Total positives (At least one species) | 341 (52.9) | 168 (54.5) | 173 (51.3) | 0.414 |
Total negatives | 304 (47.1) | 140 (45.5) | 164 (48.7) | 0.414 |