Research Article
Intestinal Protozoal Parasites in Diarrheal Children and Associated Risk Factors at Yirgalem Hospital, Ethiopia: A Case-Control Study
Table 3
Prevalence of G. lamblia, Cryptosporidium spp, and E. histolytica/dispar in case and control groups across age.
| Parasites | Cases () | Controls () | Age (in year) | Age (in year) | ≤4 | 5–9 | 10–13 | Total | ≤4 | 5–9 | 10–13 | Total | (%) | (%) | (%) | (%) | (%) | (%) | (%) | (%) |
| G. lamblia | 9 (50) | 6 (33.33) | 3 (16.67) | 18 (15.65) | 1 (25) |
2 (50) | 1 (25) | 4 (3.47) | Cryptosporidium spp | 7 (63.63) | 4 (36.36) | 0 | 11 (9.56) | 0 | 1 (50) | 1 (50) | 2 (1.74) | E. hist/dispar | 1 (20) | 4 (80) | 0 | 5 (4.35) | 0 | 2 (100) | 0 | 2 (1.74) | Total | 17 (54.83) | 14 (45.16) | 3 (9.68) | 31 (26.95)* | 1 (14.28) | 5 (62.5) | 2 (25) | 8 (6.95)* |
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Significance difference at .
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