Research Article
Prevalence and Risk Factors Associated with Intestinal Parasitic Infection among Primary School Children in Dera District, Northwest Ethiopia
Table 2
The distribution of intestinal parasite infestation among school students (N = 382) in Dera district, Northwest Ethiopia, 2019/2020.
| | Parasite | Frequency N = 382 | Gender | Age group | School | Grade | | Female (n = 191) | Male (n = 191) | 6–11 (n = 123) | 12–18 (n = 254) | 19–21 (n = 5) | Gib. (n = 60) | Enb. (n = 50) | Wag. (n = 58) | Mir. (n = 109) | Kor. (n = 105) | 1–4 (n = 162) | 5–8 (n = 220) | | +# (%) | +# (%) | +# (%) | +# (%) | +# (%) | +# (%) | +# (%) | +# (%) | +# (%) | +# (%) | +# (%) | +# (%) | +# (%) |
| | Protozoa | 126 (33) | 65 (34.03) | 61 (31.93) | 45 (36.6) | 81 (31.9) | — | 18 (30) | 15 (30) | 15 (25.9) | 36 (33.0) | 42 (40) | 57 (35.2) | 69 (31.4) | | Entamoeba sp. | 113 (29.6) | 59 (30.9) | 54 (28.3) | 41 (33.3) | 72 (28.3) | — | 18 (30) | 15 (30) | 15 (25.9) | 28 (25.7) | 37 (35.2) | 52 (32.1) | 61 (27.7) | | G. lamblia | 20 (5.2) | 8 (4.2) | 12 (6.3) | 6 (4.9) | 14 (5.5) | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 (10.1) | 9 (8.6) | 7 (4.3) | 13 (5.9) | | Helminths | 171 (44.8) | 89 (46.6) | 82 (42.9) | 57 (46.3) | 112 (44.1) | 2 (40) | 28 (46.7) | 17 (34) | 26 (44.8) | 49 (45) | 51 (48.6) | 80 (49.4) | 91 (41.4) | | S. mansoni | 43 (11.3) | 19 (9.9) | 24 (12.6) | 17 (13.8) | 26 (10.2) | — | 10 (16.7) | 3 (6) | 9 (15.5) | 7 (6.4) | 14 (13.4) | 22 (13.6) | 21 (9.5) | | E. vermicularis | 16 (4.2) | 9 (4.7) | 7 (3.7) | 7 (5.7) | 9 (3.5) | — | 5 (8.3) | 0 | 3 (5.2) | 5 (4.6) | 3 (2.9) | 9 (5.6) | 7 (3.2) | | Taenia sp. | 35 (9.2) | 24 (12.6) | 11 (5.8) | 13 (10.6) | 22 (8.7) | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 (19.3) | 14 (13.3) | 20 (12.34) | 15 (6.8) | | Hookworm | 83 (21.7) | 42 (22) | 41 (21.5) | 28 (22.8) | 54 (21.3) | 1 (20) | 20 (33.3) | 11 (22) | 18 (31) | 16 (14.7) | 18 (17.1) | 40 (24.7) | 43 (19.5) | | A. lumbricoides | 16 (4.2) | 9 (4.7) | 7 (3.7) | 3 (2.4) | 12 (4.7) | 1 (20) | 1 (1.7) | 0 | 0 | 9 (8.3) | 6 (5.7) | 6 (3.7) | 10 (4.5) | | T. trichiura | 2 (0.5) | 1 (0.5) | 1 (0.5) | — | 2 (0.8) | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (1.9) | 0 (0) | 2 (0.91) | | H. nana | 16 (4.2) | 6 (3.1) | 10 (5.2) | 2 (1.6) | 14 (5.5) | — | 1 (1.7) | 5 (10) | 0 | 6 (5.5) | 4 (3.8) | 5 (3.1) | 11 (5) | | Total (any parasite) | 238 (62.3) | 120 (62.8) | 118 (61.8) | 78 (63.4) | 158 (62.2) | 2 (40) | 35 (58.3) | 24 (48) | 34 (58.6) | 67 (61.5) | 78 (74.3) | 106 (65.4) | 132 (60) |
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Gib. = Gibtsawit Primary School, Enb. = Enbosa Maseria Primary School, Wag. = Wagira Primary School, Mir. = Mirafe Mariam Primary School, and Kor. = Korata Primary School, + = positive, # = number, and (%) = percentage in brackets.
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