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Table 2 Single and mixed infections among HIV positive and negative subjects, Hawassa Referral Hospital, Ethiopia, 2008

From: Intestinal parasitic infections in relation to HIV/AIDS status, diarrhea and CD4 T-cell count

HIV status

Number of parasite species per individual

 

One

Two

Three

Four

Five

Positive (N = 214)

56(26.2)

46(21.5)

20(9.3)

5(2.3)

1(0.5)

Negative (N = 164)

49(29.9)

23(14.0)

6(3.7)

1(0.6)

1(0.5)

p-value*

0.25

0.04

0.03

0.19

1.00

  1. *At any comparison the denominator is 214 for HIV positive group and 164 for HIV negative group.