Table 1.
Prevalence of intestinal parasites detected among HIV positive and HIV negative subjects in selected health institutions in Addis Ababa, 2005/2006.
| Parasites detected | HIV status | |||
| HIV positive (n=226) No. (%) |
HIV negative (n=125) No. (%) |
Total (n=351) No. (%) |
Chi-square p- value |
|
| Helminths | ||||
| Strongyloides stercoralis | 39 (17.3) | 4 (3.2) | 43 (12.3) | 0.001* |
| Hookworm species | 5 (2.2) | 7 (5.6) | 12 (3.4) | 0.290 |
| Ascaris lumbricoides | 11 (4.9) | 10 (8) | 21 (6) | 0.236 |
| Trichuris trichiura | 4 (1.8) | 0 | 4 (1.1) | 0.196 |
| Hymenolepis dimunta | 1 (0.4 | 0 | 1 (0.3) | 0.456 |
| Hymenolepis nana | 0 | 1 (0.8) | 1 (0.3) | 0.178 |
| Protozoan | ||||
| E. histolytica/dispar | 20 (8.8) | 10 (8) | 30 (8.6) | 0.502 |
| Entamoeba coli | 3 (1.3) | 5 (4) | 8 (2.3) | 0.108 |
| Endolimax nana | 1 (0.4) | 0 | 1 (0.3) | 0.456 |
| Giardia lamblia | 8 (3.5) | 3 (2.4) | 11 (3.1) | 0.557 |
| Chilomastix mesnili | 0 | 1 (0.8) | 1 (0.3) | 0.456 |
| Blastocystis hominis | 14 (6.2) | 7 (6.4) | 21 (6) | 0.822 |
| Sarcocyst species | 0 | 1 (0.8) | 1 (0.3) | 0.178 |
| Total infected | 84 (37.23) | 39 (31.2) | 123 (35) | |
*
p<0.01