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Table 4 Prevalence and type of intestinal parasites among pregnant women attending antenatal care at the University of Gondar Hospital, Gondar, Northwest Ethiopia, 2015

From: Prevalence of zinc deficiency and its association with dietary, serum albumin and intestinal parasitic infection among pregnant women attending antenatal care at the University of Gondar Hospital, Gondar, Northwest Ethiopia

Intestinal parasites

Frequency (n)

Percent (%)

Negative

 

259

71.2

Positive

 

105

28.8

Protozoa’s

Entanmoeba histolytica

45

42.9

Giardia lamblia

3

2.9

Helminthes

Ascaris lumbricoides

28

26.7

Hookworm species

15

14.3

Schistosoma mansoni

1

1.0

Strongyloid stercoralis

1

1.0

Tanea species

2

1.9

Hymenolepsis nana

5

4.8

Multiple parasitic infections

E. histolytica & A. lumbricoides

1

1.0

Hookworm & E. histolytica

4

3.8