Research Article
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.
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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) |
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