Table 3.
Prevalence of intestinal parasite among pre-ART individuals (n = 53) and on-ART HIV positive individuals (n = 24) in relation to their CD4 counts in Dessie referral Hospital ART clinic, 2012
| |
Pre-ART |
On-ART |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Parasite identified |
CD4 category |
p-value |
CD4 category |
p-value |
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|
>500 |
200-500 |
<200 |
>500 |
200-500 |
<200 |
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| Cell/mm3 no (%) | Cell/mm3 no (%) | Cell/mm3 no (%) | cell/mm3 no (%) | cell/mm3 no (%) | cell/mm3 no (%) | |||
| Tro.E.histolytica/dispar |
7(26.9) |
9(34.6) |
10(38.5) |
.057* |
2(28.6) |
2(28.6) |
3(42.9) |
.042** |
| Tro.G.lamblia |
2(15.4) |
4(30.8) |
7(53.8) |
.009* |
0(0) |
0(0) |
6(100) |
<.001 |
| Cyst G.lamblia |
1(100) |
0(0) |
0(0) |
.432 |
0(0) |
0(0) |
0(0) |
Nd |
| CystE.histolytica/dispar |
5(100) |
0(0) |
0(0) |
.013 |
4(80) |
1(20) |
0(0) |
.090** |
|
I.belli |
0(0) |
0(0) |
1(100) |
.156** |
0(0) |
0(0) |
0(0) |
Nd |
|
Cryptosporidium spps |
0(0) |
0(0) |
2(100) |
.024** |
0(0) |
0(0) |
0(0) |
Nd |
|
A.lumbricoides |
1(25) |
3(75) |
0(0) |
.334** |
1(33.3) |
2(67.7) |
0(0) |
.78** |
|
T.tricuria |
1(100) |
0(0) |
0(0) |
|
3(100) |
0(0) |
0(0) |
.39** |
|
E.vermicularis |
0(0) |
0(0) |
0(0) |
Nd |
0(0) |
0(0) |
1(100) |
.03** |
|
S.stercolaris |
0(0) |
1(100) |
0(0) |
.487** |
0(0) |
1(100) |
0(0) |
.64** |
|
Teania spps |
1(33.3) |
1(33.3) |
1(33.3) |
.875** |
0(0) |
1(100) |
0(0) |
.64** |
|
H.nana |
0(0) |
2(100) |
0(0) |
.235** |
0(0) |
0(0) |
0(0) |
Nd |
|
S.mansoni |
0(0) |
1(100) |
0(0) |
.487** |
0(0) |
0(0) |
0(0) |
Nd |
| Protozoan |
14(27.5) |
11(19.6) |
17(58.6) |
.014* |
6(12.8) |
3(4.2) |
8(47.1) |
.001* |
| Helminths |
3(5.9) |
6(10.7) |
1(3.4) |
2(4.3) |
4(5.6) |
1(5.9) |
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| protozoa + helminths |
0(0) |
1(1.8) |
0(0) |
0(0) |
0(0) |
0(0) |
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| Total | 17(33.3) | 18(32.1) | 18(62.1) | .016* | 8(17) | 7(9.7) | 9(52.9) | .00001* |