Table 1.
Distribution of different intestinal parasites among HIV positive and negative subjects, Hawassa Referral Hospital, Ethiopia, 2008
| Type of parasite | HIV positive (N = 214) Number (%) |
HIV-negative (N = 164) Number (%) |
Total (N = 378) Number (%) |
P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Helminths | ||||
| A. lumbricoides | 26(12.2) | 21(12.8) | 47(12.4) | 0.85 |
| T. trichiura | 8(3.7) | 13(7.9) | 21(5.6) | 0.08 |
| Hookworm species | 7(3.3) | 13(7.9) | 20(5.3) | 0.05 |
| E. vermicularis | 2(0.9) | 1(0.6) | 3(0.8) | 1.00* |
| S. stercoralis | 27(12.6) | 1(0.6) | 28(7.4) | 0.000 |
| Taenia species | 3(1.4) | 5(3.1) | 8(2.1) | 0.30* |
| H. nana | 4(1.9) | 1(0.6) | 5(1.3) | 0.39* |
| S. mansoni | 4(1.9) | 4(2.4) | 8(2.1) | 0.73* |
| Protozoa | ||||
| E. histolytica/dispar | 53(24.8) | 47(28.7) | 100(26.5) | 0.40 |
| G. lamblia | 24(11.2) | 12(7.3) | 36(9.5) | 0.20 |
| I. belli | 26(12.2) | 0 | 26(6.9) | - |
| Cryptosporidium species | 43(20.1) | 0 | 43(11.4) | - |
| E. coli | 4(1.9) | 3(1.8) | 7(1.9) | 1.00* |
| T. hominis | 2(0.9) | 0 | 2(0.5) | - |
* P value from Fisher's exact test