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Table 2 Age distribution of intestinal parasite, Shigella and Salmonella species among the study participants

From: Prevalence of intestinal parasite, Shigella and Salmonella species among diarrheal children in Jimma health center, Jimma southwest Ethiopia: a cross sectional study

 

No. (%)

Age group in years

< 1

1–5

6–10

11–15

Parasite

    

A. lumbricoides

-

13 (10.1)

10 (7.8)

7 (5.4)

T. trichiura

-

5 (3.9)

1 (0.8)

2 (1.6)

Hook worm

-

1 (0.8)

1 (0.8)

2 (1.6)

H. nana

-

14 (10.9)

4 (3.1)

2 (1.6)

Taenia spp

-

-

1 (0.8)

-

S. mansoni

-

-

1 (0.8)

-

Giardia lamblilia

-

28 (21.7)

3 (2.3)

4 (3.1)

E. histolytica

1 (0.8)

3 (2.3)

1 (0.8)

3 (2.3)

Bacteria

    

Shigella species

1 (0.8)

4 (3.1)

1 (0.8)

-

Salmonella species

5 (3.9)

7 (5.4)

3 (2.3)

1 (0.8)

Total

7 (5.4)

75 (58.1)

26 (20.2)

21 (16.3)