Trend Analysis of Intestinal Parasitic Infections at Debre Tabor Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia from 2017 to 2021: A Five-Year Retrospective Study

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Figure 1 Map of the study are (Debre Tabor town).

Table 1 Distribution of Intestinal Parasitic Infection at DCSH from 2017 to 2021

IP Species	Frequency	Percentage (95% CI)
Protozoal infection
E. histolytica	1480	18.6% (17.8–19.5%)
G. lamblia	452	5.7% (5.2–6.1%)
E. histolytica + G. lamblia	15	0.2% (0.1–0.3%)
Total protozoa	1947	24.5% (23.5–3.2%)
Helminthes infection
A. lumbricoides	80	1% (0.8–1.2%)
Hookworm	69	0.9% (0.7–1.1%)
T. trichiura	5	0.1% (0.0–0.1%)
E. vermicularis	20	0.3% (0.1–0.4%)
S. mansoni	9	0.1% (0.0– 0.2%)
Taenia species	6	0.1% (0.0–0.1%)
S. stercoralis	9	0.1% (0.1–0.2%)
H. nana	26	0.3% (0.2–0.5%)
Total helminthes	224	2.8% (2.4–3.2%)
Total positive cases	2171	27.3% (26.3–28.3%)
Total negative cases	5794	72.2% (71.7–73.7)

Abbreviation: CI, confidence interval.

Figure 2 Annual trend of intestinal parasite infection at Debre Tabor comprehensive specialized Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia (2017–2021).

Table 2 Annual Trends in Distribution of Intestinal Parasite Species at Debre Tabor Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia (2017–2021)

IP Species	Years					Total
	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
E.histolytica/dispar	257	374	317	272	260	1480
G. lamblia	107	101	126	61	57	452
E. histolytica + G. lamblia	3	4	3	0	5	15
A. lumbricoides	18	23	16	13	10	80
Hookworm	12	20	12	15	10	69
T. trichiura	3	1	0	1	0	5
E. vermicularis	2	6	4	4	4	20
S. strongyloides	6	1	2	0	0	9
S. mansoni	0	3	5	0	1	9
Taenia species	0	2	1	1	2	6
H. nana	2	8	11	1	4	26
Total	410	543	497	368	353	2171

Table 3 Prevalence Intestinal Parasitic of Infection in Relation to Gender and Age at Debre Tabor Comprehensive Specialized Hospital from 2017 to 2021

Age and Sex		IP Status			p-values
		Infected	Non-Infected	Total
Sex	Male	962 (28.6%)	2400 (71.4%)	3362 (42.2%)	0.02
	Female	1209 (26.2%)	3394 (73.8%)	4603 (57.8%)
Age	<5	195 (23.4%)	638 (76.6%)	833 (10.5%)	0.03
	5–14	232 (27.5%)	612 (72.5)	844 (10.6%)
	>14	1744 (27.7%)	4544 (72.3)	6288 (78.9%

Table 4 Association of Intestinal Parasite Classification with Gender and Age at Debre Tabor Comprehensive Specialized Hospital (2017 to 2021)

Age and Sex		IP Classification			p-values
		Protozoan	Helminthes	Total
Sex	Male	859 (28.6%)	103 (71.4%)	962 (42.2%)	0.595
	Female	1088 (26.2%)	121 (73.8%)	1209 (57.8%)
Age	<5	184 (23.4%)	11 (76.6%)	195 (10.5%)	0.052
	5–14	211 (27.5%)	21 (72.5)	232 (10.6%)
	>14	1552 (27.7%)	192 (72.3)	1744 (78.9%

Figure 3 Annual trend of intestinal parasite percentage in relation to gender at Debre Tabor comprehensive specialized Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia (2017–2021).

Figure 4 Annual trend of intestinal parasite proportion in relation to age group at Debre Tabor comprehensive specialized Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia (2017–2021).