Table 2.

Infectious diseases diagnoses with respect to areas of origin^*

Diagnoses	Sub-Saharan Africans (N = 317) N (%)	Latin Americans (N = 383) N (%)	P
HIV infection	7 (2.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0.026
HBV infection
Negative	81 (27%)	299 (81.7%)	< 0.001
Past infection	175 (58.3%)	59 (16.1%)	< 0.001
Acute infection	2 (0.7%)	1 (0.3%)
Chronic infection	42 (14%)	6 (1.6%)
HCV infection
Negative	289 (96.3%)	353 (97%)	0.192
HCVAb+/PCR not done	3 (1%)	0%
HCVAb+/PCR negative	4 (1.3%)	11 (3%)
HCVAb+/PCR positive	4 (1.3%)	0
Syphilis	7 (2.3%)	5 (1.4%)	0.381
Latent tuberculosis infection	181 (71%)	89 (32.1%)	< 0.001
Intestinal parasites	8 (2.9%)	4 (1.5%)	0.243
Chagas disease	NP	172 (48.1%)
Malaria	10 (4.5%)	NP
Schistosomiasis	8 (5.8%)	NP
Eosinophilia	42 (13.2%)	53 (13.8%)	0.821

^*The percentages have been calculated as number of cases divided by number of patients in whom the test was performed in each group. HIV = human immunodeficiency virus; HBV = hepatitis B virus; HCV = hepatitis C virus; Ab = antibody; NP = not performed.