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Table 2 Result of stool examination for intestinal protozoa parasitic infections of participants (n = 483), Haramaya University, Ethiopia, 2014

From: Prevalence of feco-oral transmitted protozoan infections and associated factors among university students in Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study

Intestinal prtozoan infections

Infected, n (%)

Not infected, n (%)

E. histolytica /E. dispair

95(19.7)

338(80.3)

 Cyst

71(14.7)

412(85.3)

 Trophozoite

24(5.0)

459(95.0)

G. lamblia

45(9.3)

438(90.7)

 Cyst

20(4.1)

463(95.9)

 Trophozoite

25(5.1)

458(94.9)

Overall positive for Protozoa infections

140(28.9)

343(70.1)

 Cyst

91(18.8)

392(81.2)

 Trophozoite

49(10.1)

434(89.9)