Table 2.
Intestinal parasite species identified with ART and diarrheic status of HIV positive study participants at Hiwot Fana Specialized University Hospital, Harar, Eastern Ethiopia, 2011.
| Parasite species | Naïve ART (N = 112) Number of pos. (%) |
On ART (N = 259) Number of pos. (%) |
Total (N = 371) Number of pos. (%) |
P value | Diarrheic (n = 75) Number of pos. (%) |
Nondiarrheic (n = 296) Number of pos. (%) |
P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entamoeba histolytica/E. dispar | 15 (13.4) | 35 (13.5) | 50 (13.5) | 0.975 | 10 (13.3) | 40 (13.5) | 0.967 |
| Giardia lamblia | 8 (7.1) | 22 (8.5) | 30 (8.1) | 0.661 | 9 (12) | 21 (7.1) | 0.164 |
| Strongyloides stercoralis | 6 (5.4) | 9 (3.5) | 15 (4.0) | — | 9 (12) | 6 (2) | — |
| Crypotospriudum species | 8 (7.1) | 0 (0) | 8 (2.2) | 7 (9.3) | 1 (0.3) | — | |
| Hookworm | 3 (2.7) | 4 (1.5) | 7 (1.9) | — | 0 (0) | 7 (2.4) | — |
| Isospora belli | 5 (4.5) | 0 (0) | 5 (1.3) | — | 5 (6.7) | 0 (0) | — |
| Hymenolepis nana | 1 (0.9) | 4 (1.5) | 5 (1.3) | — | 0 (0) | 5 (1.7) | — |
| Taenia saginata | 0 (0) | 3 (1.2) | 3 (0.8) | — | 0 | 3 (1.0) | — |
| Ascaris lumbricoides | 2 (1.8) | 1 (0.4) | 3 (0.8) | — | 1 (1.3) | 2 (0.7) | — |
| Schistosoma mansoni | 2 (1.8) | 1 (0.4) | 3 (0.8) | — | 1 (1.3) | 2 (0.7) | |
| Enterobius vermicularis | 2 (1.8) | 0 (0) | 2 (0.5) | — | 0 (0) | 2 (0.7) | — |