No. | Prevalence | Population | Detection method | Location | Reference | |
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Parasitological | Immunological/Molecular | |||||
1 | 1.9% total 2.8% in males; 0.9% in females 3.2% in farmers | 427 patients 15 years and above who were requested for stool examination in Adwa Health Center from March 2013 to December 2015. | Stool examination (wet mount and Kato-Katz microscopy techniques) | NA | Adwa, Northern Ethiopia | |
2 | 4.8% (stool) 16.5% (serology) | 315 Ethiopian children adopted in Belgium 2008–2014 | Stool examination | Serology (IgG antibodies) | Unknown | [19] |
3 | 12.3% total 17.3% HIV positive 3.2% in HIV negative | 351 subjects (226 HIV positive and 125 HIV negative) | Stool examination (agar plate culture and Baermann's method) | NA | Addis Ababa, Central Ethiopia | [20] |
4 | 0.7% | 408 schoolchildren | Stool examination (formalin-ether concentration microscopy technique) | NA | Zegie Peninsula, North Western Ethiopia | [21] |
5 | 3.6% | 223 HIV/AIDS clients at the University of Gondar Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia. | Stool examination (wet mount and formalin-ether concentration and Ziehl-Neelson staining microscopy techniques) | NA | Gondar Hospital, North Western Ethiopia | [22] |
6 | 1.5% | 323 HIV infected participants on HAART | Stool examination (formalin-ether concentration microscopy technique) | NA | Butajira Hospital, Southern Ethiopia | [23] |
7 | 0.94 | 213 pulmonary TB patients | Stool examination (formalin-ether concentration microscopy technique) | NA | Arba Minch, South Western Ethiopia | [17] |
8 | 1.6 % | 384 pregnant women | Stool examination (formalin-ether concentration microscopy technique) | NA | Felege Hiwot Referral Hospital, Northern Ethiopia | [24] |
9 | 20.7% (3.5% by stool, 12.1% by Baermann and 13.4% by PCR) | 396 primary school children aged 13–14 | Stool examination (stool examination (formalin-ether concentration and Baermann microscopy technique) | PCR using S. stercoralis-specific primers targeting the 18S ribosomal subunit, as described by Verweij et al. [25] | Rural highland of North Western Ethiopia | |
10 | 20.6% | 605 Ethiopian refugee children in USA 2006–2012 | NA | Serology (antibody information not provided) | Unknown | [28] |
11 | 1.9% | 277 children under 5 suspect with IP at University of Gondar hospital | Stool examination (wet mount and formalin-ether concentration microscopy techniques) | NA | Gondar, North Western Ethiopia | [29] |
12 | 1.1% | Anbesame Health Center from March to June 2015. A structured questionnaire was used to collect data from 464 study participants selected consecutively | Stool examination (formalin-ether concentration microscopy technique) | NA | Dera district, Gondar, North Western Ethiopia | [30] |
13 | 2.5% in HARRT initiated and 6.9% in HARRT Naïve | 180 pediatric HIV/AIDS patients | Stool examination (formalin-ether concentration microscopy technique) | NA | Addis Ababa, Central Ethiopia | [31] |
14 | 5.6% in prisoner and 1.7 in tobacco farm | 236 Prison inmates and tobacco farm workers | Stool examination (formalin-ether concentration microscopy technique) | NA | Shewa Robit, Central Ethiopia | [32] |
15 | 0.2% in female and 0.3% in male | 32,191 patients who presented with diarrhea 2007–2012 in Gambo Rural Hospital | Stool examination (direct microscopy using saline smear mount and Lugol’s iodine staining) | NA | Gambo, West Arsi Province, Southern Ethiopia | [33] |
16 | 3.47% total 5.1% in rural 2% in urban | 778 primary school children age 7–14 | Stool examination (Kato-Katz and formalin-ether concentration microscopy technique) | NA | Bahir Dar, North Western Ethiopia | [34] |
17 | 5.9% total 11.1% in low land 0% in highland | 464 members of a lowland communities (Lante and Kolla Shelle) 403 members of highland communities (Dorze and Geressie) | Stool examination (wet mount and formalin-ether concentration microscopy technique) | NA | Gamo, Southern Ethiopia | [35] |
18 | 0.5% | 200 food handlers working in University of Gondar student cafeterias. | Stool examination (formalin-ether concentration, sedimentation or smear mount in saline microscopy techniques) | NA | Gondar University, North Western Ethiopia | [36] |
19 | 3.10% | 384 consecutive diarrheal patients who visited Gondar Teaching Hospital | Stool examination (direct microscopy) | NA | Gondar, North Western Ethiopia | [37] |
20 | 0.69% | 288 under-five children | Stool examination (Kato-Katz and formalin-ether concentration microscopy technique) | NA | Shesha Kebkele, Wondo Genet, Southern Ethiopia | [38] |
21 | 0.30% | 386 Primary school children 7–18 years old | Stool examination (formalin-ether concentration microscopy technique) | NA | Adwa, Northern Ethiopia | [39] |
22 | 2.86% | 300 food handlers | Stool examination (formalin–ether concentration microscopy technique) | NA | Bahir Dar, North Western Ethiopia | [40] |
23 | 12.0% in HIV positive 2.1% in HIV negative | 384 individual (192 HIV positive and 192 HIV negative) Yirgalem Hospital | Stool examination (saline smear mount, the formalin-ether concentration or water emergence microscopy techniques) | NA | Yirgalem Hospital, Southern Ethiopia | [41] |
24 | 1% | 401 healthy individuals | Stool examination (formalin-ether concentration microscopy technique) | NA | Kara and Kwego tribes, Lower Omo River Valley, South Western Ethiopia | [42] |
25 | 7.4% total 12.6% in HIV positive 0.6% in HIV negative | 378 consecutive participants Hawassa Teaching and Referral Hospital (214 HIV positive and 164 HIV negative) | Stool examination (formalin-ether concentration microscopy technique) | NA | Hawassa Teaching and Referral Hospital, Central Ethiopia | [43] |
26 | 5.5% | 127 food handlers | Stool examination (formalin-ether concentration microscopy technique) | NA | Gondar, North Western Ethiopia | [44] |
27 | 11.5% HIV/AIDS positive 1.8% HIV 0% in HIV negative | 160 subjects from Jimma Hospital, Mother Theresa Missionary Charity Centre, Medan Acts Projects, Mekdim HIV Positive Persons and AIDS Orphans National Association. (52 HIV/AIDS positive, 57 HIV positive health carrier and 51 HIV negative individuals) | Stool examination (formalin-ether concentration microscopy technique) | NA | Jimma, South Western Ethiopia | [45] |