Magnitude, Severity, and Associated Factors of Anemia among Under-Five Children Attending Hawassa University Teaching and Referral Hospital, Hawassa, Southern Ethiopia, 2016

<table class="table-group" id="tab3"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left" rowspan="2">Species</td><td class="align_center">Positive</td><td class="align_center">Negative</td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_center"><i>N</i> (%)</td><td class="align_center"><i>N</i> (%)</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"><i>Ascaris lumbricoides</i></td><td class="align_center">47 (11.1)</td><td class="align_center">375 (88.9)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Hookworm</td><td class="align_center">17 (4.0)</td><td class="align_center">405 (96.0)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"><i>Entamoeba histolytica</i></td><td class="align_center">18 (4.3)</td><td class="align_center">404 (95.7)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"><i>Giardia lamblia</i></td><td class="align_center">3 (0.7)</td><td class="align_center">419 (99.3)</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="3"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Frequency of intestinal parasites among under-5 children in Hawassa University Teaching and Referral hospital, Hawassa, southern Ethiopia, 2016.</div>

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Table 3: Magnitude, Severity, and Associated Factors of Anemia among Under-Five Children Attending Hawassa University Teaching and Referral Hospital, Hawassa, Southern Ethiopia, 2016 

Table 3 | Magnitude, Severity, and Associated Factors of Anemia among Under-Five Children Attending Hawassa University Teaching and Referral Hospital, Hawassa, Southern Ethiopia, 2016 