The Impact of Cooperative Social Organization on Reducing the Prevalence of Malaria and Intestinal Parasite Infections in Awramba, a Rural Community in South Gondar, Ethiopia

Table 1

Prevalence of intestinal parasites among Awramba and its neighboring communities in Fogera Woreda, South Gondar Zone, Ethiopia (November 2010–April 2011).

Types of parasites	Awramba community ()			Neighboring communities ()			Total; Number observed; (%)
	Male; Number observed (%)	Female; Number observed (%)	Total; Number observed (%)	Male; Number observed (%)	Female; Number observed (%)	Total; Number observed (%)
Protozoa	9 (8.6)	5 (5.5)	14 (7.1)	23 (21.3)	21 (23.9)	44 (22.5)	58 (14.8)
E. histolytica/dispar	4 (3.8)	1 (1.1)	5 (2.6)	16 (14.8)	13 (14.8)	29 (14.8)	34 (8.7)
Giardia lamblia	3 (2.8)	1 (1.1)	4 (2)	7 (6.5)	6 (6.8)	13 (6.6)	17 (4.3)
Cryptosporidium spp.	2 (1.9)	3 (3.3)	5 (2.6)	—	2 (2.3)	2 (1)	7 (1.8)
Helminths	11 (10.5)	12 (13.2)	23 (11.8)	52 (48.1)	40 (45.5)	92 (46.9)	115 (29.3)
A. lumbricoides	1 (0.9)	7 (7.7)	8 (4.1)	14 (12.9)	15 (17)	29 (14.8)	37 (9.4)
T. trichiura	1 (0.9)	—	1 (0.5)	6 (5.5)	4 (4.5)	10 (5.1)	11 (2.8)
Hookworm species	7 (6.7)	3 (3.3)	10 (5.1)	19 (17.6)	15 (17)	34 (17.3)	44 (11.2)
S. stercoralis	1 (0.9)	—	1 (0.5)	—	—	—	1 (0.3)
S. mansoni	—	—	—	4 (3.7)	1 (1.1)	5 (2.6)	5 (1.3)
E. vermicularis	1 (0.9)	2 (2.2)	3 (1.5)	8 (7.4)	3 (3.4)	11 (5.6)	14 (3.6)
H. nana	—	—	—	1 (0.9)	2 (2.3)	3 (1.3)	3 (0.8)
Overall total	20 (19)	17 (18.7)	37 (18.9)	75 (69.4)	61 (69.3)	136 (69.4)	173 (44.1)