Prevalence and Associated Risk Factors of Human Intestinal Protozoan Parasitic Infections in Ethiopia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Table 1

Characteristics of the study subjects included in the eligible articles used for this review.

Source	Year	Region	Study area	Sample size	Cases	Prevalence (95% CI)	Quality score
Andargie et al.	2008	Amhara	Gondar food handler	127	3	2.4% (0.48-6.90)	4
Ayalew et al.	2008	Dire Dawa	Lege Dini watershed	655	311	47.50% (42.30-53.10)	3
Abera et al.	2010	Amhara	Bahir Dar food handler	384	76	19.79% (15.60-24.80)	6
Tigabu et al.	2010	Benishangul	Pawi	384	133	34.6% (28.90-41.04)	6
Ayalew et al.	2011	Amhara	Delgi primary school children	704	487	69.20% (63.10-75.60)	6
Yihenew	2011	Amhara	Fogera Awuramba	392	58	14.8% (11.20-19.10)	3
Gelaw et al.	2013	Amhara	Gondar health center	304	40	13.20% (9.40-17.90)	6
Wegayehu et al.	2013	Oromia	North Shewa Zone children	384	95	24.70% (20.00-30.00)	6
Wegayehu et al.	2013	SNNPR	Gamo rural residence	858	189	22.0% (18.90-25.40)	6
Abossie and Seid	2014	SNNPR	Chencha town primary school	400	112	28% (23.05-33.60)	6
Andualem	2014	Amhara	Motta Town primary school	364	70	19.50% (15.20-24.60)	6
Beyene and Tasew	2014	Oromia	Jimma health center	260	43	16.50% (11.90-22.20)	5
Firdu et al.	2014	SNNPR	Yirgalem health center	230	39	16.95 (12.05-23.20)	6
Kidane et al.	2014	Tigray	Wukro Town health center	384	163	42% (36.20-49.50)	6
Mekonnen et al.	2014	Addis Ababa	Addis Ababa	355	63	17.7% (13.60-22.70)	6
Tulu et al.	2014	Oromia	Delo-Mena, Bale Zone	340	26	3.60% (4.90-11.20)	6
Workneh et al.	2014	Amhara	Debre Elias primary school	541	44	8.13% (5.90-10.90)	6
Aklilu et al.	2015	Addis Ababa	Addis Ababa University	172	86	50% (39.90-61.70)	3
Aleka et al.	2015	Amhara	Gondar University Hospital	277	10	3.6% (1.70-6.60)	6
G/Silassie et al.	2015	Tigray	Aksum Town primary school	404	127	31.4% (26.20-37.40)	4
Deneke	2016	Amhara	Ankober	403	240	60.0% (52.20-67.60)	3
Tulu et al.	2016	Oromia	Dolomena (Balie Zone)	492	48	9.8% (7.10-12.90)	6
Birmeka et al.	2017	SNNPR	Gurage zone primary school	450	97	21.60% (17.40-26.20)	6
Gebretsadik	2017	Benishangul	Homsha district	395	106	26.8% (21.90-32.40)	6
Hailegebriel	2017	Amhara	Bahir Dar	359	129	35.9% (30.00-42.60)	6
Senbeta	2017	Tigray	Adigrat primary school	309	21	6.80% (4.20-10.38)	5
Berhe et al.	2018	Tigray	Mekele	226	101	45.3% (36.40-54.30)	5
Dobo	2018	SNNPR	Hawasa	89423	39895	44.6% (44.20-45.05)	3
Gebreyohanns et al.	2018	Tigray	Addiremets town	411	13	3.2% (1.68-5.40)	5
Tegegne et al.	2018	Amhara	Gondar University Hospital	256	14	5.5% (2.90-9.17)	5
Alemu et al.	2019	SNNPR	Gamogofa Zone primary school	351	26	7.4% (4.80-10.80)	6
Asires et al.	2019	Amhara	East and West Gojjam	344	96	27.9% (22.60-34.07)	5
Ayalew et al.	2019	Amhara	Bahir Dar primary school	418	71	16.98% (13.05-21.15)	5
Ayelgn et al.	2019	Amhara	Gondar poly health center	13329	3760	28.2% (27.30-29.10)	5
Eshetu et al.	2019	Oromia	Nekemit	240	73	30.4% (23.80-38.20)	6
Gebrecherkos et al.	2019	Amhara	University of Gondar	150	45	30% (21.80-40.10)	6
Kumma et al.	2019	SNNPR	Wolayta Sodo University	233	47	20.2% (14.80-26.80)	6
Lewetegn et al.	2019	Amhara	Senbete and Bete Towns	214	60	28.1% (21.30-36.08)	6
Menjetta et al.	2019	SNNPR	Hawasa University Clinic	13679	3782	27.6% (26.70-28.50)	4
Sewunet and Tekelia	2019	Amhara	Woreta	310	52	16.8% (12.50-21.90)	5
Shimeles et al.	2019	Amhara	Chagni food handler	400	40	10% (7.10-13.60)	6
Sitotaw et al.	2019	Amhara	Jawi primary school	406	105	25.9% (21.10-31.30)	6
Tadesse et al.	2019	Oromia	Bamo no. 2 primary school	417	74	17.7% (13.90-22.20)	5
Tigabu et al.	2019	Amhara	Shahura health center	364	145	39.84% (33.60-46.90)	6
Berhe et al.	2020	Tigray	Adigrat	418	248	59.30 (52.20-67.20)	6

SNNPR: Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People’s Region.