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Table 2 Parasite species among tuberculosis cases in Oromia Special Zone and South Wollo, northeastern Ethiopia, April 2015 to January 2017

From: High helminthic co-infection in tuberculosis patients with undernutritional status in northeastern Ethiopia

Types of parasites

Number (percentage) of infection

Schistosoma mansoni

11 (4.3%)

Ascaris lumbericoides

6 (2.3%)

Trichuris trichiura

2 (0.8%)

Enterobius vermicularies

2 (0.8%)

Giardia lamblia

2 (0.8%)

Entamoeba histolytica/dispar

1 (0.4%)

Hookworm

1 (0.4%)

Schistosoma mansoni and Giardia lamblia

1 (0.4%)

Ascaris lumbericoides and Enterobius vermicularies

1 (0.4%)

Schistosoma mansoni, Hymenolepis nana, Giardia lamblia and hookworm

1 (0.4%)

Total

28 (10.8%)