Table 1 Distribution of different intestinal parasite species in relation to sex and age groups at Poly Health Center, Gondar, Northwest Ethiopia, 2009–2013
Type of parasite | Sex No (%) | Age groups No (%) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Male | Female | Total | ≤ 9 | 10–19 | 20–29 | 30–39 | 40–49 | ≥ 50 | Total | |
A. lumbricoides | 422 (47.4) | 469 (52.6) | 891 (16.2) | 202 (22.7) | 240 (26.9) | 228 (25.6) | 102 (11.4) | 60 (6.7) | 59 (6.6) | 891 (16.2) |
Hookworm | 102 (55.7) | 81 (44.3) | 183 (3.3) | 45 (24.6) | 34 (18.6) | 55 (30.1) | 23 (12.6) | 11 (6.0) | 15 (8.2) | 183 (3.3) |
T. trichiura | 21 (44.7) | 26 (55.3) | 47 (0.9) | 16 (34.0) | 11 (23.4) | 9 (19.1) | 5 (10.6) | 2 (4.3) | 4 (8.5) | 47 (0.9) |
S. mansoni | 81 (60.9) | 52 (39.1) | 133 (2.4) | 26 (19.5) | 48 (36.1) | 39 (29.3) | 12 (9.1) | 3 (2.3) | 5 (3.8) | 133 (2.4) |
S. stercularis | 47 (45.6) | 56 (54.4) | 103 (1.9) | 15 (14.7) | 28 (27.2) | 33 (32.0) | 14 (13.6) | 6 (5.8) | 7 (6.8) | 103 (1.9) |
H. nana | 113 (49.6) | 115 (50.4) | 228 (4.1) | 105 (46.1) | 70 (30.7) | 35 (15.4) | 11 (4.8) | 3 (1.3) | 4 (1.8) | 228 (4.1) |
Taenia Species | 13 (40.6) | 19 (59.4) | 32 (0.7) | 5 (15.6) | 9 (28.1) | 7 (21.9) | 4 (12.5) | 2 (6.3) | 5 (15.6) | 32 (0.7) |
E. vermicularis | 66(49.6) | 67 (50.4) | 133 (2.4) | 41 (30.8) | 33 (24.8) | 27 (20.3) | 15 (11.3) | 6 (4.5) | 11 (8.3) | 133 (2.4) |
G. lamblia | 746 (49.2) | 770 (50.8) | 1516 (27.5) | 460 (30.3) | 275 (18.1) | 381 (25.1) | 179 (11.8) | 105 (6.9) | 116 (7.7) | 1516 (27.5) |
E. histolytica/dispar | 1088 (48.5) | 1156 (51.5) | 2244 (40.7) | 457 (20.4) | 498 (22.2) | 645 (28.4) | 276 (12.3) | 154 (6.9) | 214 (9.5) | 2244 (40.7) |
Over all total | 2699 (49) | 2811 (51) | 5510 (100) | 1372 (24.9) | 1246 (22.6) | 1459 (26.5) | 641 (11.6) | 352 (6.4) | 440 (8.0) | 5510 (100) |