%0 Journal Article
%T Prevalence of intestinal parasitic infections in Hawassa University students' clinic, Southern Ethiopia: a 10-year retrospective study.
%A Menjetta T
%A Simion T
%A Anjulo W
%A Ayele K
%A Haile M
%A Tafesse T
%A Asnake S
%J BMC Res Notes
%V 12
%N 1
%D Oct 2019 28
%M 31661021
暂无%R 10.1186/s13104-019-4747-5
%X <B>OBJECTIVE: </B>The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of intestinal parasitic infections among patients who had attended Hawassa University students' clinic, Southern Ethiopia.<BR><B>RESULTS: </B>Over the 10 years period, a total of 13,679 patients visiting Hawassa University students' clinic were included in the study. A total of 6553 (47.9%) patients were positive for at least one intestinal parasite. The overall prevalence of intestinal helminth and protozoan infections was 20.3% and 27.6% respectively. There were four dual infections and one triple infection. E. histolytica/E. dispar trophozoite was the most common identified parasite, which was seen in 18% of the patients while Enterobius vermicularis (0.1%) was the least reported parasite. Other parasites identified were Ascaris lumbricoides (15.0%), Hookworm species (2.0%), Taenia species (1.8%), Hymenolepis nana (0.7%), Strongyloides stercoralis (0.3%), Trichuris trichuria (0.2%), and Shistosoma mansoni (0.2%). The prevalence of helminthes was higher in females (23.3%) than in males (19.5%) (P < 0.00001) while that of protozoan infections was 28.5% in males than females (23.8%) (574/2414) (P < 0.00001).