Table 2.

single and co-infections of intestinal parasites detected among study participants of Mekelle prison, Northern Ethiopia, 2017

Species of parasites	Number (n = 291)	Percent
Single infections
E. histolytica/dispar/moshkovskii	55	18.9
E. coli	23	7.9
G. lamblia	20	6.8
Taenia species	7	2.4
Hookworm	5	1.7
Total	110	37.8
Co-infections
E. histolytica/E. dispar/E. moshkovskii + G. lamblia	9	3.1
E. histolytica/ E. dispar/E. moshkovskii + E. vermicularis	1	0.34
E. histolytica/E. dispar/ E. moshkovskii + S. mansoni	1	0.34
E. histolytica/E. dispar/ E. moshkovskii + Taenia species	1	0.34
G. lamblia + E. coli	1	0.34
E. histolytica/E. dispar/ E. moshkovskii + T. trichiura + Hookworm	1	0.34
Total	14	4.8