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Table 2 Proportion of cases with mono-parasitism and poly-parasitism of IPIs among Yadot primary school children, Delo-Mena district, South Eastern Ethiopia, 2013

From: Prevalence and its associated risk factors of intestinal parasitic infections among Yadot primary school children of South Eastern Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study

Type of infection

No species

Species associated

Cases (%)

Mono-parasitism

1 species (n = 68)

S. mansoni

27 (7.9)

E. histolytica/dispar

11 (3.2)

H. nana

10 (2.9)

A. lumbricoides

8 (2.4)

S. stercolaris

5 (1.5)

G. lamblia

4 (1.2)

T. trichiura

2 (0.6)

E. vermicularis

1 (0.3)

Total mono-parisitism

68 (20)

Poly-parasitism

2 species (n = 16)

A. lumbricoides and S. mansoni

4 (1.2)

E. histolytica/dispar and G. lamblia

3 (0.9)

G. lamblia and S. mansoni

2 (0.6)

E. histolytica/dispar and H. nana

1 (0.3)

E. vermicularis and S. mansoni

1 (0.3)

Hookworm and S. mansoni

1 (0.3)

H. nana and T. trichiura

1 (0.3)

H. nana and S. mansoni

1 (0.3)

A. lumbricoides and H. nana

1 (0.3)

E. histolytica/dispar and S. mansoni

1 (0.3)

Sub-total

16 (4.7)

3 species (n = 4)

A. lumbricoides, T. trichiura and S. mansoni

2 (0.6)

Hookworm, Taenia spp and S. mansoni

1 (0.3)

H. nana, T. trichiura and S. mansoni

1 (0.3)

Sub-total

4 (1.2)

4 species (n = 1)

A. lumbricoides, T. trichiura, S. mansoni and E. histolytica/dispar

1 (0.3)

  

Total poly-parasitism

21 (6.2)