Table 1.
Prevalence of G. duodenalis and Cryptosporidium species among children and cattle in the study sites
| Study subjects | Study sites | Number of subjects examined |
Parasites identified |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
G. duodenalis |
Cryptosporidium species |
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| No (%) | χ2 | P-value | No (%) | χ2 | P-value | |||
|
Children |
Girar Jarso |
187 |
33 (17.6) |
|
|
15 (8.0) |
|
|
| |
Dera |
197 |
20 (10.1) |
4.53 |
0.03* |
13 (6.6) |
0.28 |
0.59 |
|
Total |
384 |
53 (13.8) |
|
|
28 (7.3) |
|
|
|
|
Cattle |
Girar Jarso |
191 |
6 (3.1) |
|
|
23 (12.0) |
|
|
| Dera |
193 |
3 (1.5) |
1.05 |
0.30 |
7 (3.6) |
9.43 |
0.00* |
|
| Total | 384 | 9 (2.3) | 30 (7.8) | |||||
Key:χ2 and P- values compare the prevalence between Girar Jarso and Dera in children and cattle.
* Represent statistically significant difference (P < 0.05).