Table 3.
Frequency of intestinal parasites among under-5 children in Hawassa University Teaching and Referral hospital, Hawassa, southern Ethiopia, 2016.
Species | Positive | Negative |
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N (%) | N (%) | |
Ascaris lumbricoides | 47 (11.1) | 375 (88.9) |
Hookworm | 17 (4.0) | 405 (96.0) |
Entamoeba histolytica | 18 (4.3) | 404 (95.7) |
Giardia lamblia | 3 (0.7) | 419 (99.3) |