Prevalence of Intestinal Parasitic Infection among HIV Positive Persons Who Are Naive and on Antiretroviral Treatment in Hiwot Fana Specialized University Hospital, Eastern Ethiopia

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)	—