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. 2019 Jun 4;7:140. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2019.00140

Table 4.

Prevalence of IPIs identified from food handlers worked in the students' caterings of WSU, Wolaita Sodo, South Ethiopia from January 10 to February 10, 2016.

Parasite species Isolated (n = 233) Gandaba campus (No.) Total (%)
Protozoan parasites 47 20.2
E—histolytica 39 16.7
  Amoeba cyst 29 12.4
  Amoeba trophozoites 10 4.3
G—lamblia 12 5.2
  Giardia cyst 5 2.2
  Giardia trophozoites 7 3.0
Helminthiasis 6 2.6
  Tape worms 3 1.3
  Hookworms 3 1.3
Double parasites* 2 0.8
Over all parasite rate /IPIs/ 55 23.6
*

Amoeba and Giardia.