HIV and intestinal parasites in adult TB patients in a teaching hospital in Northwest Ethiopia

Author:

Kassu Afework12,Mengistu Getahun3,Ayele Belete3,Diro Ermias3,Mekonnen Firew4,Ketema Dereje3,Moges Feleke1,Mesfin Tsehay3,Getachew Assefa5,Ergicho Bahiru6,Elias Daniel1,Wondmikun Yared7,Aseffa Abraham8,Ota Fusao2

Affiliation:

1. Department of Microbiology and Parasitology

2. Department of Preventive Environment and Nutrition, Institute of Health Biosciences, The University of Tokushima, 770-8503 Tokushima, Japan

3. Internal Medicine;

4. Community Health

5. Radiology;

6. Pathology and

7. Physiology, University of Gondar, PO Box 196, Gondar;

8. Armauer Hansen Research Institute, PO Box 1005, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia;

Abstract

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.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Infectious Diseases,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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