Table 2.

Type and prevalence of intestinal parasites isolated from stool specimens of food handlers at Arba Minch University students’ cafeteria, Arba Minch, South Ethiopia, April- June 2015

Parasite Species	Frequency (%)
Protozoa	66 (19.13)
E. histolytica/dispar	48 (14)
Trophozoite form	35 (10.14)
Cyst form	13 (3.76)
G. lamblia	18 (5.22)
Trophozoite form	12 (3.5)
Cyst form	5 (1.44)
Helminthes	57 (16.52)
A. lumbricoides	31 (9)
Taenia species	14 (4.1)
T. trichiura	4 (1.2)
Hookworms	3 (0.9)
S. stercoralis	2 (0.6)
Mixed infection	2 (0.6)
Cyst of E. histolytica/dispar and Teania species	1 (0.3)
Ova of A. lumbricoides, T. trichiura and Hookworms	1 (0.3)