Lower prevalence of Entamoeba species in children with vertically transmitted HIV infection in Western Kenya

AIDS. 2016 Mar 13;30(5):803-5. doi: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000001002.

Abstract

A cross-sectional molecular epidemiological study of Entamoeba species was conducted among asymptomatic Kenyan children with (n = 123) and without (n = 111) HIV infection. The prevalence of E. histolytica was low (0.4%). Entamoeba species infection was inversely related with HIV infection [HIV(+): 29.3% vs.

Hiv(-): 55.0%, P < 0.001]: multiple-species infection was related to higher CD4 T-cell counts. Thus, HIV infection is not a risk factor for amebic infection, and multiple-species infection can be an indicator of better immune status.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Asymptomatic Diseases
  • Child
  • Cross-Sectional Studies
  • Entamoeba histolytica / isolation & purification*
  • Entamoebiasis / epidemiology*
  • Epidemiologic Studies
  • Female
  • HIV Infections / complications*
  • HIV Infections / transmission
  • Humans
  • Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical
  • Kenya / epidemiology
  • Male
  • Molecular Epidemiology
  • Prevalence
  • Risk Factors