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Table 2 Total parasites identified from the study participants, Gedeb District, Gedeo Zone, southern Ethiopia, 2021

From: Epidemiology of soil-transmitted helminthiasis and associated malnutrition among under-fives in conflict affected areas in southern Ethiopia

Species

Frequency

Percent (%)

A. lumbricoides

189

64

A. lumbricoides and Taenia spp.

20

6.7

A. lumbricoides and H. nana

18

6.1

T. trichiura

16

5.4

A. lumbricoides and T. trichiura

13

4.4

Taenia spp.

11

3.7

Hookworm

8

2.7

H. nana

7

2.3

A. lumbricoides and Hookworm

5

1.7

T. trichiura, Taenia species and H. nana

4

1.3

Taenia spp. and H. nana

2

0.6

E. histolytica/dispar

1

0.3

S. mansoni

1

0.3

Total positive cases

295

72.8

Total negative cases

110

27.2

Total

405

100.0