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Table 1 Prevalence (%) of intestinal parasites stratified by year

From: Prevalence of intestinal parasitic infections in Hawassa University students’ clinic, Southern Ethiopia: a 10-year retrospective study

Parasite

Year 1

No. (%)

Year 2

No. (%)

Year 3

No. (%)

Year 4

No. (%)

Year 5

No. (%)

Year 6

No. (%)

Year 7

No. (%)

Year 8

No. (%)

Year 9

No. (%)

Year 10

No. (%)

Overall prevalence

Hw

26 (2.1)

14 (1.1)

89 (5.5)

44 (2.4)

27 (2.2)

31 (2.2)

7 (0.8)

19 (1.2)

5 (0.3)

8 (0.7)

270 (2.0)

Al

26 (2.1)

35 (2.9)

125 (7.7)

240 (13.2)

155 (12.4)

177 (12.3)

96 (11.1)

457 (30.0)

327 (22.3)

408 (34.5)

2046 (15.0)

Ev

3 (0.2)

0 (0.0)

1 (0.1)

1 (0.1)

0 (0.0)

2 (0.1)

0 (0.0)

2 (0.1)

4 (0.3)

2 (0.2)

15 (0.1)

Tt

2 (0.2)

1 (0.1)

10 (0.6)

2 (0.1)

5 (0.4)

4 (0.3)

2 (0.2)

2 (0.1)

4 (0.3)

0 (0.0)

32 (0.2)

Sm

9 (0.7)

7 (0.6)

10 (0.6)

2 (0.1)

1 (0.1)

1 (0.1)

1 (0.1)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

1 (0.1)

32 (0.2)

Ts

7 (0.6)

17 (1.4)

22 (1.3)

25 (1.4)

7 (0.6)

20 (1.4)

12 (1.4)

45 (3.0)

43 (2.9)

43 (3.6)

241 (1.8)

Hn

11 (0.9)

11 (0.9)

36 (2.2)

11 (0.6)

5 (0.4)

10 (0.7)

5 (0.6)

4 (0.3)

2 (0.1)

5 (0.4)

100 (0.7)

Ss

2 (0.2)

10 (0.8)

12 (0.7)

5 (0.3)

1 (0.1)

2 (0.1)

2 (0.2)

1 (0.1)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

35 (0.3)

Overall prevalence of helminthes

2771 (20.3)

 Eh/d

267 (21.1)

299 (24.4)

392 (24.0)

287 (15.8)

203 (16.3)

284 (19.7)

240 (27.7)

208 (13.7)

122 (8.3)

162 (13.7)

2464 (18.0)

 Gl

97 (7.6)

89 (7.3)

318 (19.5)

244 (13.5)

136 (10.9)

146 (10.1)

51 (5.9)

74 (4.9)

98 (6.7)

65 (5.5)

1318 (9.6)

Overall protozoan infections

3782 (27.6)

 Prevalence in each year

450 (35.5)

483 (39.4)

1015 (62.3)

861 (47.5)

540 (43.3)

677 (47.0)

416 (48.0)

812 (53.4)

605 (41.2)

694 (58.8)

6553 (47.9)

 Total Sample

1268

1227

1630

1813

1246

1439

867

1522

1468

1181

13,679

  1. Hw, Hookworm Species; Al, Ascaris lumbricoides; Ev, Enterobius vermicularis; Tt, Trichuris trichiura; Sm, Schistosoma mansoni; Ts, Taenia species; Hn, Hymenolepis nana; Ss, Strongyloides stercoralis; Eh/d, Entamoeba histolytica/dispar; Gl, Giardia lamblia