RESUMEN
A cross-sectional molecular epidemiological study of Giardia intestinalis infection was conducted among asymptomatic Kenyan children with (nâ=â123) and without (nâ=â111) HIV infection. G. intestinalis assemblage B infection was positively correlated with HIV infection [HIV (+), 18.7% vs. HIV (-), 11.7%; Pâ=â0.013], whereas assemblage A infection was not [HIV (+), 4.1% vs. HIV (-), 6.3%; Pâ=â0.510]. Thus, HIV infection is a risk factor for G. intestinalis assemblage B infection but not for assemblage A infection.
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Giardia lamblia/clasificación , Giardia lamblia/aislamiento & purificación , Giardiasis/epidemiología , Giardiasis/parasitología , Infecciones por VIH/complicaciones , Niño , Preescolar , Estudios Transversales , Femenino , Giardia lamblia/genética , Humanos , Lactante , Recién Nacido , Kenia/epidemiología , Masculino , Epidemiología MolecularRESUMEN
A cross-sectional molecular epidemiological study of Entamoeba species was conducted among asymptomatic Kenyan children with (nâ=â123) and without (nâ=â111) 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%, Pâ<â0.001]: 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.