title: Positive correlation of HIV infection with Giardia intestinalis assemblage B but not with assemblage A in asymptomatic Kenyan children.
abstract: A cross-sectional molecular epidemiological study of Giardia intestinalis infection was conducted among asymptomatic Kenyan children with (n = 123) and without (n = 111) HIV infection. G. intestinalis assemblage B infection was positively correlated with HIV infection [HIV (+), 18.7% vs. HIV (-), 11.7%; P = 0.013], whereas assemblage A infection was not [HIV (+), 4.1% vs. HIV (-), 6.3%; P = 0.510]. Thus, HIV infection is a risk factor for G. intestinalis assemblage B infection but not for assemblage A infection.
authors.affiliation: aDepartment of Viral Infection and International Health, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan bKenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya cDepartment of Parasitology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan dJaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital, Kisumu, Kenya.
authors.forename: Elizabeth J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Matey
authors.forename: Masaharu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tokoro
authors.forename: Tetsushi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mizuno
authors.forename: Takahiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Matsumura
authors.forename: Takehiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nagamoto
authors.forename: Xiuqiong
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Bi
authors.forename: Jane A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Oyombra
authors.forename: Willie K
authors.initials: WK
authors.lastname: Sang
authors.forename: Elijah M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Songok
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ichimura
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D016829:Giardia lamblia / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005873:Giardiasis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology*; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007630:Kenya / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D017720:Molecular Epidemiology