Prevalence and Associated Risk Factors of Intestinal Parasitic Infections among Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Care in Yifag Health Center, Northwest Ethiopia

Table 3

Prevalence of IPIs among pregnant women (N = 277) attending ANC in Yifag Health Center, Northwest Ethiopia, November 2019 to March 2020.

Parasite	Number women infected	Percent
Protozoa
E. histolytica/dispar	26	9.4
G. lamblia	35	12.6
Total	61	22
Helminths
A. lumbricoides	11	4.0
Hookworm	25	9.0
H. nana	2	0.7
S. mansoni	9	3.2
Taenia spp.	50	18.1
E. vermicularis	1	0.4
S. stercoralis	1	0.4
Total	99	35.7
Single and multiple infections
Single infections	137	49.5
Double infections	10	3.6
Triple infections	1	0.4
The overall prevalence of IPIs	148	53.4