Prevalence of Intestinal Protozoan Parasites and Associated Risk Factors among School Children in Merhabete District, Central Ethiopia

Table 3

Common intestinal protozoan parasite species identified from examined school children in Merhabete district, Amhara region, Central Ethiopia, 2020.

Age group and sex	Total no. examined	Protozoan parasites species
		Eh	Gl	Cp
5-10 years
Male	57	15 (26.6)	13 (23)	2 (3.8)
Female	59	18 (30.8)	15 (24.6)	0 (0)
		0.130	0.066	NA
value		0.708	0.796	NA
>10 years
Male	83	21 (25.3)	13 (15.7)	1 (1.2)
Female	81	16 (19.8)	13 (16.0)	4 (4.9)
		0.456	0.003	1.818
value		0.499	0.954	0.177
Total	280	70 (25)	54 (19.3)	7 (2.5)

Eh: Entamoeba histolytica; Gl: Giardia lamblia; Cp: Cryptosporidium parvum; NA: not applicable.