Table 2 Prevalence of parasitic infection among children by sex at Dona Berber first cycle primary school in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia, 2015/2016
Parasite species | Parasite infected students by sex | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Female No. (%) | Male No. (%) | Total No. (%) | Chi-Square P- value | ||
Protozoa | E. histolytica | 48 (13.4) | 40 (11.1) | 88 (24.5) | 0.41 |
G. lamblia | 18 (5) | 23 (6.4) | 41 (11.4) | 0.36 | |
E. vermicularis | 0 (0) | 1 (0.3) | 1 (0.3) | 0.31 | |
T. hominins | 3 (0.8) | 2 (0.6) | 5 (1.4) | 0.68 | |
Helminths | Hookworm | 39 (10.9) | 43 (12) | 82 (22.8) | 0.52 |
A. lumbricoides | 21 (5.8) | 28 (7.8) | 49 (13.6) | 0.24 | |
H. nana | 9 (2.5) | 8 (2.2) | 17 (4.7) | 0.85 | |
S. stericoralis | 6 (1.7) | 10 (2.8) | 16 (4.5) | 0.28 | |
T. trichiura | 5 (1.4) | 5 (1.4) | 10 (2.8) | 0.96 | |
Single infection | 84 (23.4) | 90 (25.1) | 174 (48.5) | 0.37 | |
Double infection | 29 (8.1) | 29 (8.1) | 58 (16.2) | 0.91 | |
Triple infection | 2 (0.6) | 1 (0.3) | 3 (0.8) | 0.58 | |
Over all infection | 115 (32) | 120 (33.4) | 235 (65.5) | 0.34 | |