Table 2 Intestinal parasite and anaemia among 610 pre-school children in the Tigray region of Northern Ethiopia, 2017
Variables | No (%) |
|---|---|
Children with intestinal parasite(s) detected | 354 (58) |
Number of single parasitic infections | 249 (40.8) |
Number of double parasitic infections | 83 (13.6) |
Number of triple parasitic infections | 22 (3.6) |
Haemoglobin level | |
 Normal | 478 (78.4) |
 Anaemia | 132 (21.6) |
Infection type | |
Protozoa | |
E. histolytica/dispar | 125 (20.5) |
G. lamblia | 52 (8.5) |
Cryptosporidium spp. | 11 (1.8) |
E. vermicularis | 2 (0.3) |
Helminths | |
H. nana | 59 (9.7) |
A. lumbricoides | 1 (0.2) |
S. stercoralis | 1 (.2) |
Double infection | |
G. lamblia + E. histolytica/dispar | 44 (7.2) |
G. lamblia + H. nana | 8 (1.3) |
E. histolytica/dispar + H. nana | 27 (4.7) |
G. lamblia + Cryptosporidium spp. Oocyst | 2 (0.3) |
E. histolytica/dispar + E. vermicularis | 2 (0.3) |
Triple infection | |
G. lamblia + E. histolytica/dispar + H. nana | 8 (1.3) |
E. histolytica/dispar + G. lamblia + Cryptosporidium spp. | 14 (2.3) |