Table 1.

General characteristics of included studies.

S.N	Author/s and year of Publication	Number of HIV infected people	Number of individuals with Cryptosporidium coinfection	Region	Prevalence (%)	Diagnostic Method	Diarrhea status	Risk of bias assessment
1	Abate et al., 2001 [19]	100	17	Oromia	17	Modified Ziehl- Neelsen Staining	Unclear	Low risk
2	Adamu and Petros, 2009 [14]	200	16	Oromia	8	Modified Ziehl- Neelsen Staining	Diarrheic and non-diarrheic	Low risk
3	Adamu et al., 2013 [33]	378	32	Oromia	8	Modified Ziehl- Neelsen Staining	Diarrheic and non-diarrheic	Low risk
4	Adamu et al., 2014 [20]	520	140	Addis Ababa	27	Molecular Method	Diarrheic and non-diarrheic	Low risk
5	Alemayehu et al., 2017 [21]	377	9	South	2	Modified Ziehl-Neelsen Staining	Unclear	Medium risk
6	Alemseged et al., 2015 [34]	139	13	South	9	Modified Ziehl-Neelsen Staining	Unclear	Low risk
7	Alemu et al., 2011 [35]	188	82	Amhara	44	Modified Ziehl-Neelsen Staining	Diarrheic and non-diarrheic	Low risk
8	Alemu et al., 2018 [15]	220	19	South	9	Modified Ziehl-Neelsen Staining	Diarrheic and non-diarrheic	Low risk
9	Assefa et al., 2009 [36]	214	43	South	20	Modified Ziehl-Neelsen Staining	Diarrheic and non-diarrheic	Low risk
10	Awole et al., 2003 [37]	192	6	Oromia	3	Modified Ziehl-Neelsen Staining	Diarrheic and non-diarrheic	Low risk
11	Endeshaw, 2005 [38]	245	70	Ethiopia	29	Modified Ziehl Neelsen Staining and Molecular	Diarrheic	Low risk
12	Eshetu et al., 2017 [39]	223	7	Amhara	3	Modified Ziehl-Neelsen Staining	Diarrheic and non-diarrheic	Low risk
13	Fekadu et al., 2013 [40]	343	10	South	3	Modified Ziehl-Neelsen Staining	Diarrheic and non-diarrheic	High risk
14	Gebretsadik et al., 2018 [41]	223	3	Amhara	1	Modified Ziehl-Neelsen Staining	Unclear	Low risk
15	Gebrewahid et al., 2019 [42]	242	15	Tigray	6	Modified Ziehl-Neelsen Staining	Diarrheic and non-diarrheic	Low risk
16	Gedle et al., 2017 [43]	323	19	South	6	Modified Ziehl-Neelsen Staining	Diarrheic and non-diarrheic	Low risk
17	Getaneh et al., 2010 [16]	192	48	South	25	Modified Ziehl-Neelsen Staining	Unclear	Low risk
18	Girma et al., 2014 [17]	268	92	South	34	Modified Ziehl-Neelsen Staining	Diarrheic and non-diarrheic	Low risk
19	Kiros et al., 2015 [44]	399	23	Amhara	6	Modified Ziehl-Neelsen Staining	Diarrheic and non-diarrheic	Low risk
20	Mariam et al., 2008 [45]	223	7	Oromia	3	Modified Ziehl-Neelsen Staining	Diarrheic and non-diarrheic	Low risk
21	Menbereleul and Sissay,2014 [46]	422	60	South	14	Modified Ziehl-Neelsen Staining	Unclear	Low risk
22	Menkir and Mengestie, 2014 [47]	192	12	Amhara	6	Modified Ziehl-Neelsen Staining	Diarrheic and non-diarrheic	Low risk
23	Missaye et al., 2013 [48]	272	2	Amhara	1	Modified Ziehl-Neelsen Staining	Unclear	Low risk
24	Raga and Menkir, 2013 [49]	384	68	Oromia	18	Modified Ziehl-Neelsen Staining	Diarrheic and non-diarrheic	Low risk
25	Seid et al., 2018 [50]	100	11	Amhara	11	Molecular Method	Diarrheic	Low risk
26	Tadesse et al., 2013 [51]	397	26	Oromia	7	Modified Ziehl-Neelsen Staining	Diarrheic and non-diarrheic	Low risk
27	Taye et al., 2014 [52]	316	3	Addis Ababa	1	Modified Ziehl-Neelsen Staining	Diarrheic and non-diarrheic	Low risk
28	Shimelis et al., 2016 [53]	491	65	South	13	Modified Ziehl-Neelsen Staining	Diarrheic	Low risk
29	Teklemariam et al., 2013 [54]	371	8	Amhara	2	Modified Ziehl-Neelsen Staining	Diarrheic and non-diarrheic	Low risk
30	Yitagesu et al., 2018 [55]	403	42	Dire Dawa	10	Modified Ziehl-Neelsen Staining	Diarrheic and non-diarrheic	Low risk
31	Zeynudin et al., 2013 [56]	91	8	Oromia	9	Modified Ziehl Neelsen Staining	Diarrheic and non-diarrheic	Low risk