Determining intestinal parasitic infections (IPIs) in inmates from Kajang Prison, Selangor, Malaysia for improved prison management

Table 3 Distribution of parasitic infections in HIV positive and HIV negative prison inmates

Species	Overall (n = 294)		95 % CI^a	HIV positive (n = 131)		95 % CI	HIV negative (n = 163)		95 % CI	p
	No.	%		No.	%		No.	%
Overall	78	26.5	21.81-31.86	36	27.5	20.56-35.68	42	25.8	19.67-32.98	0.741
Blastocystis sp.	43	14.6	11.04-19.12	16	12.2	7.66-18.92	27	16.6	11.64-23.03	0.294
S. stercoralis	26	8.8	6.11-12.64	9	6.9	3.66-12.54	17	10.4	6.61-16.07	0.285
Entamoeba spp.	8	2.7	1.39-5.28	6	4.6	2.12-9.63	2	1.2	0.34-4.36	0.145^b
Cryptosporidium spp.	7	2.4	1.16-4.83	5	3.8	1.64-8.62	2	1.2	0.34-4.36	0.248^b
Giardia spp.	1	0.3	0.06-1.90	1	0.8	0.13-4.20	0	0	0	0.466^b
T. trichiura	1	0.3	0.06-0.190	1	0.8	0.13-4.20	0	0	0	0.446^b
Single infection	70	23.8	19.30-29.00	34	26.0	19.21-34.07	36	22.1	16.40-29.06	0.439
Double infections	8	2.7	1.39-5.28	2	1.5	0.42-5.40	6	3.7	1.70-7.80	0.306^b

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