Research Article

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 4

Proportion of parasites detected at Robe Health Center based on age ranges from 2005 to 2009.

Age ranges (in years)
Parasite0–45–14≥15
No. (%)No. (%)No. (%)
MFTMFTMFT

A. lumbricoides 45 (0.71)37 (0.6)8263 (1.0)52 (0.82)115131 (2.1)103 (1.6)234
E. histolytica 272 (4.3)160 (2.5)432298 (4.7)210 (3.3)508515 (8.1)428 (6.8)943
T. species 12 (0.19)11 (0.17)2320 (0.32)16 (0.25)3643 (0.68)45 (0.71)88
Hookworm21 (0.33)8 (0.12)2926 (0.41)17 (0.27)4355 (0.87)48 (0.76)103
G. lamblia 64 (1.0)7 (0.11)7185 (1.3)12 (0.19)97145 (2.3)26 (0.41)171
T. trichiura 6 (0.09)8 (0.12)1413 (0.2)14 (0.22)2726 (0.41)24 (0.38)50
H. nana 22 (0.35)28 (0.44)5031 (0.49)35 (0.55)6690 (1.4)71 (1.11)161
S. stercoralis 5 (0.08)6 (0.09)118 (0.12)9 (0.14)1721 (0.33)24 (0.38)45
E. vermicularis 10 (0.16)15 (0.24)2513 (0.2)20 (0.32)3331 (0.49)28 (0.44)59

Total sample6342