Prevalence of malnutrition and its associated factors among adult people living with HIV/AIDS receiving anti-retroviral therapy at Butajira Hospital, southern Ethiopia

Table 4 Intestinal parasite co-infection

Intestinal parasites		Frequency (n)	Percent (%)
Negative		224	73.4
Positive		81	26.6
Protozoa’s	Entamoeba histolytica/dispar trophozoite	22	7.2
	Entamoeba histolytica/dispar cyst	13	4.3
	Giardia lamblia trophozoite	14	4.6
	Giardia lamblia cyst	2	0.7
Helminthes	Tanea species	22	7.2
	Ascaris lumbricoides	9	3.0
	Strongyloid stercoralis	5	1.6
	Hookworm species	2	0.7
Multiple parasitic infections	Entamoeba histolytica/dispar trophozoite + Giardia lamblia trophozoite	2	0.7
Multiple parasitic infections	Entamoeba histolytica/dispar trophozoite + Ascaris lumbricoides	2	0.7
	Giardia lamblia trophozoite + Tanea species	1	0.3

The prevalence of intestinal parasitic infection was 26.6%. Entamoeba histolytica/dispar trophozoite and Tanea species were the dominant intestinal parasites identified.

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