Parasitic etiology of diarrhea and associated factors among under-five year children attending Mizan-Tepi University Teaching Hospital, Southwest Ethiopia

Abstract

Introduction: globally, an estimated two billion cases of diarrhea occur every year, and an estimated 1.7 million children under the age of five years, mostly in developing countries die due to diarrheal cases. It is caused by different enteropathogens such as bacteria, viruses, and parasites. Diarrhea caused by parasitic etiology is common in under-five year children in Sab-Saharan Africa. The objective was to investigate the parasitic etiology of diarrhea among under-five year children in Mizan-Tepi University Teaching Hospital, Southwest Ethiopia.