A Retrospective Analysis of the Results of a Five-Year (2005–2009) Parasitological Examination for Common Intestinal Parasites from Bale-Robe Health Center, Robe Town, Southeastern Ethiopia

Table 1

Prevalence (in percent) of intestinal parasites stratified by year and host gender (𝑛 = number infected), 2010.

	2005			2006			2007			2008			2009			Total; sample
Parasite	No. (%)			No. (%)			No. (%)			No. (%)			No. (%)
	M	F	T	M	F	T	M	F	T	M	F	T	M	F	T
A.  lumbricoides	18 (3.7)	28 (5.5)	46 (4.6)	24 (4.2)	17 (3.0)	41 (3.6)	31 (6.3)	24 (4.5)	55 (5.3)	73 (11.6)	58 (7.1)	131 (9.0)	93 (12.2)	65 (6.6)	158 (9.0)	431 (6.8)
E.  histolytica	76 (15.6)	84 (16.3)	160 (16.0)	103 (18.0)	92 (16.7)	195 (17.3)	136 (27.7)	128 (23.9)	264 (25.7)	186 (29.5)	246 (30.2)	432 (29.9)	324 (42.6)	308 (31.1)	632 (36.1)	1683 (26.5)
T.  species	11 (2.2)	13 (2.5)	24 (2.4)	12 (2.1)	17 (3.1)	29 (2.6)	8 (1.6)	16 (3.0)	24 (2.3)	17 (2.7)	13 (1.6)	30 (2.1)	27 (3.6)	13 (1.3)	40 (2.3)	147 (2.3)
Hookworm	11 (2.1)	10 (2.1)	21 (2.1)	14 (2.4)	10 (1.8)	24 (2.1)	16 (3.2)	6 (1.1%)	22 (2.1)	26 (4.1)	18 (2.2)	44 (3.0)	36 (4.7)	28 (2.8)	66 (3.8)	177 (2.8)
G.  lamblia	31 (6.4)	33 (6.4)	64 (6.4)	32 (5.6)	37 (6.7)	69 (6.1)	47 (9.6)	34(6.3%)	81 (7.9)	92 (14.6)	67 (8.2)	159 (11.0)	92 (12.1)	78 (7.9)	170 (9.7)	543 (8.5)
T.  trichiura	5 (1.0)	7 (1.3)	12 (1.2)	7 (1.2)	9 (1.6)	16 (1.4)	15 (3.1)	13 (2.4)	28 (2.7)	7 (1.1)	8 (0.9)	15 (1.0)	11 (1.4)	9 (0.9)	20 (1.1)	91 (1.4)
H.  nana	13 (2.7)	15 (2.9)	28 (2.8)	17 (3.0)	15 (2.7)	32 (2.8)	25 (5.1)	12 (2.2)	37 (3.6)	41 (6.5)	47 (5.8)	88 (6.1)	47 (6.2)	45 (4.5)	92 (5.3)	277 (4.3)
S.  stercoralis	7 (1.3)	5 (1.0)	12 (1.2)	7 (1.2)	4 (0.7)	11 (1.0)	11 (2.0)	6 (1.2)	17 (1.6)	8 (1.2)	6 (0.7)	14 (0.9)	11 (1.4)	8 (0.8)	19 (1.8)	73 (1.1)
E. vermicularis	7 (1.4)	9 (1.7)	16 (1.6)	8 (1.4)	11 (2.0)	19 (1.7%)	9 (1.8)	12 (2.2)	21 (2.0)	15 (2.4)	14 (1.7)	29 (2.0)	15 (2.0)	17 (1.7)	32 (1.8)	117 (1.8)
Sample size (𝑛)	485	513	998	572	552	1124	490	535	1025	630	815	1445	760	990	1750	6342