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The aim of this study was to examine the prevalences of fungal infections in schoolchildren in a primary school located in a rural area in southern Ethiopia and to perform an analysis of the risk factors associated with tinea capitis.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>This school\u2010based, prospective cross\u2010sectional study was conducted in October 2012 in <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">G<\/jats:styled-content>ambo School, Kore, West Arsi, Oromya Region, <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">E<\/jats:styled-content>thiopia. Detailed interviews and dermatological examinations were performed. No laboratory examinations were conducted.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>A total of 647 students were interviewed and examined. The mean age of these children was 10\u00a0years (range: 4\u201314\u00a0years). Of the children examined, 236 had some type of dermatophytosis (prevalence: 36.5%, 95% confidence interval [<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CI<\/jats:styled-content>] 32.8\u201340.3), which represented the most frequent type of skin problem. The prevalence of dermatophytoses was more common in males than in females (42.2% and 30.5%, respectively; <jats:italic>P\u00a0<\/jats:italic>=\u00a00.002), and among pupils aged 5\u20137\u00a0years (46.9%; <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u00a0&lt;\u00a00.001). A total of 159 (prevalence: 24.6%, 95% <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CI<\/jats:styled-content> 21.3\u201328.1) children had tinea capitis, 56 (8.7%) had tinea pedis, 50 (7.7%) had tinea corporis, and six (0.9%) had tinea unguium. In multivariate analysis, the risk factors for tinea capitis were: age (odds ratio [<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">OR<\/jats:styled-content>] 0.75, 95% <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CI<\/jats:styled-content> 0.69\u20130.84; <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u00a0&lt;\u00a00.001), and male gender (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">OR<\/jats:styled-content> 2.56, 95% <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CI<\/jats:styled-content> 1.69\u201313.39; <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a00.002).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>Fungal dermatoses, especially tinea capitis, are common in primary schoolchildren in rural areas of southern <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">E<\/jats:styled-content>thiopia, especially in young 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