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Table 2 Parasitic infections of HIV positive and HIV negative study participants

From: Co-infection of HIV and intestinal parasites in rural area of China

Parasite species

HIV positives (n = 302)

% (No. positive)

HIV negatives (n = 303)

% (No. positive)

χ2 value

P value

A. lumbricoides

0

0.66 (2)

 

0.4992*

Hookworm

3.64 (11)

4.29 (13)

0.1667

0.6830

T. trichura

0.66 (2)

0.33 (1)

 

0.6238*

C. sinensis

0.33 (1)

0.66 (2)

 

1.0000*

Helminths

4.30 (13)

5.30 (16)

0.3156

0.5742

B. hominis

16.23 (49)

22.11 (67)

3.3825

0.0659

G. intestinalis

1.32 (4)

0.66 (2)

 

0.4504*

Entamoebae

1.66 (5)

0.99 (3)

 

0.5045*

Cryptosporidium spp.

8.28 (25)

2.97 (9)

8.0399

0.0046

Protozoa

23.2 (70)

25.80 (76)

0.2994

0.5843

  1. * tested by Fisher exact test, others tested by chi-square test