Intestinal Protozoal Parasites in Diarrheal Children and Associated Risk Factors at Yirgalem Hospital, Ethiopia: A Case-Control Study

Table 4

The combined prevalence of G. lamblia, Cryptosporidium spp, and E. histolytica/dispar across age.

Parasites	()
	Age groups (in year)
	≤4; no (%)	5–9; no (%)	10–13; no (%)	Total; no (%)
G. lamblia	10 (45.45)	8 (36.36)	4 (18.18)	22 (9.56)
Cryptosporidium spp	7 (53.84)	5 (38.46)	1 (7.69)	13 (5.65)
E. histolytica/dispar	1 (14.28)	6 (85.71)	0 (0)	7 (3.04)
Total	18  (46.15)	19  (48.71)	5  (12.82)	39  (16.95)