Table 5

Distribution of HIV-associated parasites in different categories of CD4 T-cell counts, Hawassa Referral Hospital, Ethiopia, 2008

CD4 T-cell count/μL

Total (%) examined

Positive (%) for any parasite

S. stercoralis

I. belli

Cryptosporidium species

< 200

61 (28.5)

51(83.6)

14 (23.0)

18 (29.5)

31(50.8)

200-349

58 (27.1)

35 (60.3)

4 (6.9)

7 (12.1)

7 (12.1)

350-499

46 (21.5)

20 (43.5)

3 (6.5)

1 (2.2)

4 (8.7)

≥ 500

49 (22.9)

22 (44.9)

6(12.2)

0

1(2.0)

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