Prevalence of Intestinal Parasites and Associated Risk Factors among Diarrheal Patients Attending Negelle Borena General Hospital: A Case-Control Study

Table 3

Prevalence of intestinal protozoal parasites based on age (years) among diarrheal patients (cases) attending Negelle Borena General Hospital.

Type of protozoa (parasites)	Cases age (years)						Control age (years)
	<5 ()	6–10 ()	11–20 (N =20)	21–30 ()	31–40 ()	>41 ()	<5 ()	6–10 ()	11–20 ()	21–30 ()	31–40 ()	>41 ()
A. lumbricoides	—	—	—	—	5 (20)	2 (3.3)	1 (3.12)	1 (2.22)	—	—	—	—
E. histolytica/dispar	—	1 (7.1)	1 (5)	5 (9.1)	—	3 (5)	—	2 (4.4)	1 (6.7)	1 (10)	—	—
G. lamblia	—	—	2 (10)	8 (33.3)	2 (8)	6 (10)	—	—	2 (13.3)	4 (40)	1 (1.3)	—
S. mansoni	—	—	1 (5)	3 (5.5)	—	2 (3.3)	—	3 (6.7)	3 (2.2)	3 (30)	—	—
H. worm	1 (5.56)	2 (14.3)	1 (5)	2 (3.6)	3 (12)	—	—	3 (6.7)	2 (3.13)	1 (10)	—	—
Tenia spp.	2 (11.11)	1 (7.1)	—	—	—	—	—	—	3 (2.2)	—	1 (1.3)	—
Cryptosporidium spp.	2 (11.11)	2 (14.3)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1 (1.3)	—
S. stercolaris	4 (22.22)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
T. trichiura	2 (11.11)	1 (7.1)	—	—	—	—	—	—	1 (6.7)	1 (10)	3 (3.8)	—
H. nana	—	3 (21.4)	1 (5)	2 (3.6)	—	3 (5)	—	2 (4.4)	4 (26.7)	1 (10)	—	—
E. hist./dispar and G. lamblia	—	—	3 (15)	4 (7.3)	—	2 (3.3)	—	—	—	2 (20)	—	2 (16.7)
Cryptosporidium spp. + G. lamblia	—	—	3 (15)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1 (8.3)
E. hist./dispar + A. lumbricoides	—	—	—	—	—	4 (6.7)	—	—	—	—	2 (2.6)	1 (8.3)
Total	11 (61)	10 (71)	12 (60)	24 (44)	10 (40)	22 (37)	1 (3)	11 (24)	19 (63)	13 (46)	8 (27)	4 (14)