Table 2 Distribution of parasites among study participants at Haike primary school, Haike, North-East Ethiopia from April 2017 to May 2017
Type of parasites isolated | Wet mount | Formol-ether concentration technique | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total number (%) | Male (N = 169) N (%) | Female (N = 110) N (%) | Total number (%) | Male (N = 169) N (%) | Female (N = 110) N (%) | |
S. mansoni | 44 (84.6) | 30 (17.8) | 14 (12.7) | 65 (76.5) | 48 (28.4) | 17 (15.5) |
H. nana | 5 (9.6) | 2 (1.2) | 3 (2.7) | 9 (10.6) | 4 (2.4) | 5 (4.5) |
E. vermicularis | 2 (3.9) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (1.8) | 2 (2.4) | 1 (0.6) | 2 (1.8) |
Hookworm | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (3.5) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (2.7) |
Taenia spps. | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (2.4) | 1 (0.6) | 1 (0.9) |
E. histolytica | 1 (1.9) | 1 (0.6) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.2) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.4) |
S. mansoni and H. nana | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.2) | 1 (0.6) | 0 (0.0) |
S. mansoni and hookworm | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.2) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.9) |
S. mansoni and E. histolytica | 0 (0.0 | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.2) | 1 (0.6) | 0 (0.0) |
Total | 52 (100.0) | 33 (19.5) | 19 (17.3) | 85 (100.0) | 56 (33.1) | 29 (26.4) |