Table 1.

Frequency of isolation of enteropathogens from the 260 children with acute diarrhoea in Mekelle Hospital and Semen Health Center, Nov. 2011 to March 2012.

Enteropathogens	Age group in years
	<5	5–9	>9	Total
	No. (%)	No. (%)	No. (%)	No. (%)
Salmonella
Salmonella species (non typhi	11 (78.6)	3 (21.4)	0(0.0)	14 (100)
and paratyphi A)
Salmonella typhi	0 (0.0)	1 (50.0)	1 (50.0)	2 (100)
Salmonella paratyphi A	3 (100)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	3 (100)
Total	14 (73.7)	4 (21.0)	1 (5.3)	19 (100)
Shigella
Shigella species	12 (75.0)	4 (25.0)	0 (0.0)	16 (100)
Shigella sonnei	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	2 (100)	2 (100)
Total	12 (66.7)	4 (22.2)	2 (11.1)	18 (100)
Intestinal parasites
Entameoba histolytica	17 (43.6)	14 (35.9)	8 (20.5)	39 (100)
Giardia lamblia	17 (50.0)	14 (41.2)	3 (8.8)	34 (100)
Hymenolepis nana	0 (0.0)	4 (80.0)	1 (20.0)	5 (100)
Taenea species	0 (0.0)	1 (100)	0 (0.0)	1 (100)
Trichuris trichuria	0 (0.0)	1 (100)	0 (0.0)	1 (100)
Schistosoma mansonni	1 (50.0)	1 (50.0)	0 (0.0)	2 (100)
Entrovious vermicularis	1 (100)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	1 (100)
Total	36 (43.4)	35 (42.2)	12 (14.4)	83 (100)