Table 2 Prevalence of intestinal parasitic infection among children by sex in selected primary school in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia, 2014
Parasite species | Parasite infected students by sex | Â | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Female No. (%) | Male No. (%) | Total No. (%) | Chi-Square P-value | ||
Protozoa | Entamoeba histolytica/dispar | 30 (7.9) | 34 (8.9) | 64 (16.8) | 0.65 |
Giardia lamblia | 0 (0) | 1 (0.3) | 1 (0.3) | 0.32 | |
Isospora belli | 0 (0) | 1 (0.3) | 1 (0.3) | 0.32 | |
Enterobius vermicularis | 1 (0.3) | 0 (0) | 1 (0.3) | 0.31 | |
Helminths | Ascaris lumbricoides | 27 (7.1) | 25 (6.5) | 52 (13.6) | 0.70 |
Hookworm | 30 (7.9) | 26 (6.8) | 56 (14.7) | 0.51 | |
Hymenoleps nana | 12 (3.1) | 16 (4.2) | 28 (7.3) | 0.48 | |
Schistosoma mansoni | 6 (1.6) | 3 (0.8) | 9 (2.4) | 0.29 | |
Trichuris trichiura | 4 (1) | 3 (0.8) | 7 (1.8) | 0.68 | |
Strongyloides stericoralis | 1 (0.3) | 4 (1) | 5 (1.3) | 0.19 | |
Taenia spp | 0 (0) | 1 (0.3) | 1 (0.3) | 0.32 | |
Single infection | 85 (22.3) | 91 (23.8) | 176 (46.1) | 0.67 | |
Multiple infection | 13 (3.4) | 11 (2.9) | 24 (6.3) | 0.64 | |
Over all infection | 98 (25.7) | 102 (26.7) | 200 (52.4) | 0.85 | |