Research Article
Latent Toxoplasma gondii Infection and Associated Risk Factors among HIV-Infected Individuals at Arba Minch Hospital, South Ethiopia
Table 1
Demographic profile and seroprevalence of latent
Toxoplasma gondii infection among the study participants (
) in Arba Minch Hospital, 2013.
| Demographic
variables | Seroprevalence | Total (%) | | | Positive (%) | Negative (%) |
| | Age group (years) | | | | | ≤24 | 11 (61.1) | 7 (38.9) | 18 (10.6) | | 25–34 | 48 (90.6) | 5 (9.4) | 53 (31.2) | | 35–44 | 58 (90.6) | 6 (9.4) | 64 (37.6) | | ≥45 | 33 (94.3) | 2 (5.7) | 35 (20.6) | | Sex | | | | | Male | 53 (86.9) | 8 (13.1) | 61 (35.9) | | Female | 97 (89.0) | 12 (11.0) | 109 (64.1) | | Place of residence | | | | | Urban | 129 (87.8) | 18 (12.2) | 147 (86.5) | | Rural | 21 (91.3) | 2 (8.7) | 23 (13.5) | | Marital status | | | | | Single | 30 (88.2) | 4 (11.8) | 34 (20.0) | | Married | 79 (87.8) | 11 (12.2) | 90 (52.9) | | Divorced | 14 (82.4) | 3 (17.6) | 17 (10.0) | | Widowed | 27 (93.1) | 2 (6.9) | 29 (17.1) | | Educational status | | | | | Illiterate | 36 (83.7) | 7 (16.3) | 43 (25.3) | | Primary | 69 (92.0) | 6 (8.0) | 75 (44.1) | | Secondary | 34 (85.0) | 6 (15.0) | 40 (23.5) | | Tertiary | 11 (91.7) | 1 (8.3) | 12 (7.1) | | Occupational status | | | | | Employed | 81 (89.0) | 10 (11.0) | 91 (53.5) | | Housewives | 46 (90.2) | 5 (9.8) | 51 (30.0) | | Others* | 23 (82.1) | 5 (17.9) | 28 (16.5) |
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Students, farmers, house maids, and daily laborers.
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