Coinfections between Persistent Parasitic Neglected Tropical Diseases and Viral Infections among Prisoners from Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America

Table 3

Serological prevalence of strongyloidiasis, schistosomiasis, HIV, hepatitis B virus (HBV), and hepatitis C virus (HCV) among 201 participants from sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America, Champ-Dollon detention center, Geneva, Switzerland, 2014-2015.

	TOTAL		Sub-Saharan Africans		Latino
	n=201	% (95% CI)	n=172	% (95% CI)	n=29	% (95% CI)	p-value ()
Strongyloidiasis	16	8.0 (5.0-12.5)	14	8.1 (4.9-13.2)	2	6.9 (1.9-22.0)	0.99^2
Schistosomiasis	-	-	35	20.3 (15.0-27.0)	-	Not endemic^1	-
Anti-HIV+	7	3.5 (1.7-7.0)	7	4.1 (2.0-8.2)	0	0 (0-11.7)	0.66^2
Chronic/resolved HBV (anti-HBc+)	128	63.7 (56.9-70.1)	125	72.7 (65.6-78.8)	3	10.3 (3.6-26.4)	<0.001
Chronic HBV	25	12.4 (8.6-17.7)	25	14.5 (10.0 -20.6)	0	0 (0-11.7)	0.03^2
(HBsAg+)
Viraemic HCV	4	2.0 (0.8-5.0)	3	1.7 (0.6-5.0)	1	3.4 (0.6-17.2)	0.93^2

In Latin America, transmission of schistosomiasis only in Brazil, Venezuela, and Suriname: none of the four participants originating from these countries were positive. Fisher exact tests were performed.