Cross-Sectional Study on Assessment of Frequency of Intestinal Helminth Infections and Its Related Risk Factors among School Children from Adola Town, Ethiopia

Table 3

Distribution of IH species among school children from Adola, Ethiopia.

Types of helminth infection	Parasite species	Prevalence of IH students by sex
		Male ()	Female ()	Total ()
		No. (%)	No. (%)	No. (%)
Single infection
Nematodes (roundworms)	AL	22 (11.46)	14 (6.60)	36 (8.91)
	TT	7 (3.65)	3 (1.42)	10 (2.48)
	SS	1 (0.52)	2 (0.94)	3 (0.74)
	HW	11 (5.73)	8 (3.77)	19 (4.70)
	EV	3 (1.56)	4 (1.89)	7 (1.73)
	Total	44 (22.92)	31 (14.62)	75 (18.56)
Trematodes (flukes)	SM	4 (2.08)	5 (2.36)	9 (2.23)
	Total	4 (2.08)	5 (2.36)	9 (2.23)
Cestodes (tapeworms)	TS	15 (7.81)	7 (3.30)	22 (5.45)
	HN	13 (6.77)	18 (8.49)	31 (7.67)
	Total	28 (14.88)	25 (11.79)	53 (13.12)
Double infection
AL + TT		3 (1.56)	1 (0.47)	4 (0.99)
AL + HW		1 (0.52)	1 (0.47)	2 (0.50)
AL + TS		2 (1.04)	1 (0.47)	3 (0.74)
HW + TT		0 (0.00)	1 (0.47)	1 (0.25)
HW + TS		1 (0.52)	0 (0.00)	1 (0.25)
Total		7 (3.65)	4 (1.89)	11 (2.72)

AL: Ascaris lumbricoides; EV: Enterobius vermicularis; HN: Hymenolepis nana; HW: hookworm; SM: Schistosoma mansoni; SS: Strongyloides stercoralis; TS: Taenia saginata; TT: Trichuris trichiura.