Table 4 Multiple parasitic infections among severely malnourished adult VL patients in Northwest Ethiopia, 2012 (N = 48)

Ascaris lumbricoides + Hook worm

13

Entamoeba histolytica/dispar + Giardia intestinalis

7

Entamoeba histolytica/dispar + Hook worm

5

Hook worm + Strongyloide stercolaris

4

Giardia intestinalis + Hook worm

4

Giardia intestinalis + Ascaris lumbricoides

4

Giardia intestinalis + Strongyloide stercolaris

4

Schistosoma mansoni + Entamoeba histolytica/dispar

2

Ascaris lumbricoides + Strongyloide stercolaris

1

Hymenolopsis nana + Entamoeba histolytica/dispar

1

Giardia intestinalis + Hook worm + Entamoeba histolytica/dispar

2

Giardia intestinalis + Hook worm + Strongyloide stercolaris

1