Table 3.

Intestinal parasites co-infection among the study participants at Butajira Hospital, southern Ethiopia, 2014, (n = 323)

Intestinal parasites	Frequency (n)	Percent (%)
Negative	207	64.1
Positive	116	35.9
Protozoas
E. histolytica/dispar trophozoite	23	7.1
E. histolytica/dispar cyst	15	4.6
G. lamblia trophozoite	17	4.8
G. lamblia cyst	2	0.6
Helminthes
Tanea species	24	7.4
A. lumbricoides	10	3.1
S. stercoralis	5	1.5
Hookworm species	2	0.7
H. nana	5	1.5
Opportunistic parasites
C. parvum	19	5.9
I. belli	9	2.8
Multiple parasitic infections
E. histolytica/dispar trophozoite + G. lamblia trophozoite	2	0.6
E. histolytica/dispar trophozoite + A. lumbricoides	2	0.6
G. lamblia trophozoite + Tanea species	1	0.3