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

Afework Kassu MSc PhD  ^1,8   Getahun Mengistu MD  ²   Belete Ayele MD  ²   Ermias Diro MD  ²   Firew Mekonnen MD  ³   Dereje Ketema MD  ²   Feleke Moges BSc MSc  ¹   Tsehay Mesfin BSc  ²   Assefa Getachew MD  ⁴   Bahiru Ergicho MD  ⁵   Daniel Elias MSc PhD  ¹   Yared Wondmikun MD PhD  ⁶   Abraham Aseffa MD PhD  ⁷   Fusao Ota MD PhD  ⁸

Department of ¹ Microbiology and Parasitology; ⁸ Department of Preventive Environment and Nutrition, Institute of Health Biosciences, The University of Tokushima, 770-8503 Tokushima, Japan; ² Internal Medicine;; ³ Community Health; Radiology;; ⁵ Pathology and; ⁶ Physiology, University of Gondar, PO Box 196, Gondar;; ⁷ Armauer Hansen Research Institute, PO Box 1005, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia;

Correspondence to: Dr Afework Kassu, Department of Preventive Environment and Nutrition, Institute of Health Biosciences, The University of Tokushima, 770-8503 Tokushima, Japan afeworkkassu{at}yahoo.com

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.

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