Positive correlation of HIV infection with Giardia intestinalis assemblage B but not with assemblage A in asymptomatic Kenyan children. (24th September 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Matey, Elizabeth J.; Tokoro, Masaharu; Mizuno, Tetsushi; Matsumura, Takahiro; Nagamoto, Takehiro; Bi, Xiuqiong; Oyombra, Jane A.; Sang, Willie K.; Songok, Elijah M.; Ichimura, Hiroshi
• Is Part Of: AIDS. Volume 30:Number 15(2016)
• Page Start: 2385
• Page End: 2387
• Publication Date: 2016-09-24
• Subjects: AIDS (Disease) -- Periodicals; Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; AIDS (Disease); Periodicals; Periodicals; 616.9792005
• DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000001216
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0269-9370

Abstract

Abstract : A cross-sectional molecular epidemiological study of Giardia intestinalis infection was conducted among asymptomatic Kenyan children with ( n = 123) and without ( n = 111) HIV infection. G. intestinalis assemblage B infection was positively correlated with HIV infection [HIV (+), 18.7% vs. HIV (−), 11.7%; P = 0.013], whereas assemblage A infection was not [HIV (+), 4.1% vs. HIV (−), 6.3%; P = 0.510]. Thus, HIV infection is a risk factor for G. intestinalis assemblage B infection but not for assemblage A infection.