Table 1 Distribution of intestinal parasite species by age group among children under 5 years of age with diarrhoeal diseases presenting to Adare Hospital and Millennium Health Centre, 2011, Hawassa, South Ethiopia
Age, in months | E .histolytica/dispar/moshkovskii | G. duodenalis | Cryptosporidium species | A. lumbricoides/H. nana/T. trichiura | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Positive | Negative | Positive | Negative | Positive | Negative | Positive | Negative | n (%) | |
n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | ||
<6 | 0 (0) | 30 (100) | 2 (7) | 28 (93) | 1 (3) | 29 (97) | 0 (0) | 30 (100) | 30 (19) |
6–11 | 2 (7) | 26 (93) | 0 (0) | 28 (100) | 0 (0) | 28 (100) | 2 (7) | 26 (93) | 28 (18) |
12–23 | 3 (7) | 39 (93) | 1 (2) | 41 (98) | 0 (0) | 42 (100) | 2 (5) | 40 (95) | 42 (27) |
24–35 | 6 (20) | 24 (80) | 4 (13) | 26 (87) | 2 (7) | 28 (93) | 3 (10) | 27 (90) | 30 (19) |
36–47 | 2 (15) | 11 (85) | 2 (15) | 11 (85) | 0 (0) | 13 (100) | 4 (31) | 9 (69) | 13 (8) |
48–59 | 5 (33) | 10 (67) | 2 (13) | 13 (87) | 3 (20) | 12 (80) | 2 (13) | 13 (87) | 15 (9) |
Total | 18 (11) | 140 (89) | 11 (7) | 147 (93) | 6 (4) | 152 (96) | 13 (8) | 145 (92) | 158 (100) |