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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Dec 15.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2007 Oct;77(4):676–682.

Table 1.

Quantification of S. mansoni eggs and CD4 and CD8 cells in untreated schistosomiasis patients by HIV status

Mean value ± SD
Patient group No. of patients EPG* CD4 count CD8 count
HIV (−) 48 1,050 (1,452) 658 (248) 489 (298)
HIV (+) 7 330 (527)§ 303 (185) 934 (447)
*

Schistosoma mansoni EPG.

HIV(−), HIV-1 seronegative; HIV(+), HIV-1 seropositive.

P < 0.01 compared with HIV(+) group.

§

P < 0.05 compared with HIV(−) group.

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