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Table 2 Patients harboring double infections and types of parasite combinations in diarrheal patients at Gondar teaching hospital, October 2006 to March 2007.

From: Intestinal parasitosis and shigellosis among diarrheal patients in Gondar teaching hospital, northwest Ethiopia

Parasite combinations

Male (n = 180)

Female (n = 204)

Total (n = 384)

 

No. (%)

No. (%)

No. (%)

Al, Sst

0 (0)

1 (0.49)

1 (0.26)

Al, Sm

0 (0)

1 (0.49)

1 (0.26)

Al, Eh,

0 (0)

1 (0.49)

1 (0.26)

Al, Ib

1 (0.55)

0 (0)

1(0.26)

Al, Gl

1 (0.55)

1 (0.49)

2 (0.52)

Eh, Gl

1 (0.55)

0 (0)

1 (0.26)

Eh, Sm

2 (1.1)

0 (0)

2 (0.52)

Eh, Sst

0 (0)

2 (0.99)

2 (0.52)

Sm, Gl

1 (0.55)

1 (0.49)

2 (0.52)

Gl, Ib

1 (0.55)

0 (0)

1 (0.26)

Total

7(3.9)

7(3.4)

14(3.6)

  1. Keys: Al- Ascaris lumbricoides, Sst- Strongyloides stercoralis, Hy spp.-Hymenolepis species, Sm- Schistosoma mansoni, Eh- Entamoeba histolytica, Gl- Giardia lamblia, Cp- Cryptosporidium parvum, Ib-Isospora belli, Hw-Hookworm.