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Table 4 Intestinal parasites identified among diarrheic children attending Ambo public health facilities, 2014

From: Prevalence and antimicrobial susceptibility of Salmonella and Shigella species isolated from diarrheic children in Ambo town

Age

Intestinal parasites (n, %)

 

In Month

Giardia lamblia

Entamoebaistolyticacyst/trophozoite

Ascarislumbricoides

Hook worm ova

Haymenolepis nana

Total

0–6

0

0

0

0

0

0

7–12

0

0

0

0

0

0

13–24

0

0

0

0

0

0

25–36

1(0.4)

0

1(0.4)

0

0

2(0.8)

37–48

4(1.7)

0

1(0.4)

0

0

5(2.1)

49–60

3(1.3)

5(2.1)

2(0.8)

1(0.4)

1(0.4)

12(5.0)

Total

8(3.3)

5(2.1)

4(1.7)

1(0.4)

1(0.4)

19 (7.8)Â