Prevalence of intestinal parasites in newly diagnosed HIV/AIDS patients in Ilorin, Nigeria

Peer review under responsibility of Alexandria University Faculty of Medicine.

Available online 6 May 2016

Figures & data

Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of respondents.

	HIV-positive subjects frequency n (%)	HIV-negative controls frequency n (%)
Age (years)
16–25	42(17.6)	42(17.6)
26-35	89(37.4)	89(37.4)
36–45	68(28.6)	68(28.6)
46–55	33(13.9)	33(13.9)
56–65	6(2.5)	6(2.5)
Gender
Female	148(62.2)	148(62.2)
Male	90(37.8)	90(37.8)
Marital status
Single	59(24.8)	89(37.4)
Married	169(71.0)	148(62.2)
Divorced	7(2.9)	1(0.4)
Widowed	3(1.3)	0(0)
Ethnicity
Hausa	10(4.2)	12(5.0)
Yoruba	171(71.9)	191(80.3)
Ibo	12(5.0)	9(3.8)
Others	45(18.9)	26(10.9)
Level of education
No formal education	65(27.3)	27(11.3)
Primary	70(29.4)	52(21.8)
Secondary	75(31.5)	83(34.9)
Tertiary	19(8.0)	68(28.6)
Quranic	9(3.8)	8(3.4)
Occupation
Unemployed	37(15.6)	30(12.6)
Self employed	67(28.1)	61(25.6)
Students	7(2.5)	45(18.9)
Traders	77(32.4)	37(15.6)
Civil servants	42(17.6)	44(18.5)
Professionals	9(3.8)	21(8.8)

Table 2 Distribution of intestinal parasitic species in respondents.

Parasites	HIV-positive	HIV-negative	Chi-squared	p-value	Comment
(1) Cryptosporidium spp.	131(55.0)	40(16.8)	73.97	<0.05	S
(2) Cyclospora spp.	98(41.2)	20(8.4)	66.81	<0.05	S
(3) Isospora belli	7(3.0)	2(0.8)	1.81	>0.05^⁎	NS
(4) E. histolytica	20(8.4)	21(8.8)	1.0	>0.05	NS
(5) Giardia lamblia	9 (3.7)	0(0)	–	–	–
(6) Hookworm spp.	0(0)	2(0.8)	–	–	–
(7) S. Stercoralis	4(1.7)	2(0.8)	–	>0.05^⁎	–
(8) A. lumbricoides	6(2.5)	0(0)	–	–	–
(9) Trichuris trichiura	2(0.8)	0(0)	–	–	–
(10) S. mansoni	1(0.4)	0(0)	–	–	–

S-significant.

NS-not significant.

⁎ p value from Fishers exact test.

Figure 1 Multiple parasitic infestation rate in respondents.

Table 3 Distribution of intestinal parasites in HIV-positive subjects at different values of CD4⁺ T cell count (cells/ul).

CD4^+ T	n (%)	Intestinal parasites n (%)	Odds ratio (95% CI)	p-value
Cell count	n = 238	n = 163
<200	125(52.5)	94(57.7)	1.95(1.09–3.55)	0.017
200–499	79(33.2)	55(33.7)	1.09(0.59–2.04)	0.760
>500	34(14.3)	14(8.6)	0.24(0.10–0.54)	1.000