HIV and intestinal parasites in adult TB patients in a teaching hospital in Northwest Ethiopia.
The level of HIV infection and intestinal parasitoses among TB patients was assessed in a hospital-based cross-sectional study involving 257 patients in Gondar, Ethiopia. In TB patients, our study reported co-infection with HIV (52.1%) and intestinal parasites (40.9%) The high prevalence of HIV and intestinal parasites indicates an increased morbidity inTB patients and emphasized the importance of continued HIV sero-surveillance, stool analysis and treatment.
Kassu
Afework
A
Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Gondar, PO Box 196, Gondar, Ethiopia. afeworkkassu@yahoo.com
Mengistu
Getahun
G
Ayele
Belete
B
Diro
Ermias
E
Mekonnen
Firew
F
Ketema
Dereje
D
Moges
Feleke
F
Mesfin
Tsehay
T
Getachew
Assefa
A
Ergicho
Bahiru
B
Elias
Daniel
D
Wondmikun
Yared
Y
Aseffa
Abraham
A
Ota
Fusao
F
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D005002:Ethiopia / Q000453:epidemiology; D056890:Eukaryota / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005260:Female; D015483:HIV Antibodies / Q000097:blood; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000276:immunology; D006373:Helminthiasis / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology; D006376:Helminths / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching; D006801:Humans; D007411:Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D011528:Protozoan Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology
D015483:HIV Antibodies