Table 1.

Distribution of intestinal parasites species among patients (n = 364) at Shahura Health Center, Northwest Ethiopia, 2018

Type of intestinal parasite	Number of male +ve for IP (%)	Number of female +ve for IP (%)	Total number of +ve (%)
Single infection (n = 190)
E. histolytica/dispar	61 (16.8)	41 (11.3)	102 (28)
Hookworm species	18 (4.9)	20 (5.5)	38 (10.4)
G. lamblia	9 (2.3)	11 (3)	20 (5.5)
Trichostrongyloides species	8 (2.2)	9 (2.3)	17 (4.7)
A. lumbricoides	3 (0.8)	1 (0.8)	4 (1.1)
S. mansoni	2 (0.5)	2 (0.5)	4 (1.1)
H. nana	3 (0.8)	0 (0.0)	3 (0.8)
S. stercolaris	1 (0.3)	1 (0.3)	2 (0.5)
Double infection (n = 11)
E. histolytica/dispar and G. lamblia	3 (0.8)	2 (0.5)	5 (1.4)
E. histolytica/dispar and A. lumbricoides	1 (0.3)	2 (0.5)	3 (0.8)
E. histolytica/dispar and H. nana	1 (0.3)	1 (0.3)	2 (0.5)
A. lumbricoides and Hookworm species	1 (0.3)	0 (0.0)	1 (0.3)
Triple infection (n = 5)
E. histolytica/dispar, S. stercolaris and Hookworm species	1 (0.3)	1 (0.3)	2 (0.5)
E. histolytica/dispar, S. mansoni and Hookworm species	2 (0.5)	0 (0.0)	2 (0.5)
E. histolytica/dispar, G. lamblia and E. vermicularis	1 (0.3)	0 (0.0)	1 (0.3)
Quadruple infection (n = 1)
E. histolytica/dispar, G. lamblia, S. mansoni and H. nana	0 (0.0)	1 (0.3)	1 (0.3)
Total	115 (31.6)	92 (25.3)	207 (56.9)