ABSTRACT PUBLISHED
ON
First
International Conference
Infectious
Diseases and Nanomedicine-2012 (ICIDN-2012)
December
15-18, 2012, Kathmandu, NEPAL
Parasitic Infection among People
Living With HIV/AIDS (PLHA) in Kathmandu, Nepal
Jyotshana Gautam, Jeevan B.
Sherchand, Binod Lekhak, Anisha Shrestha, Upendra Thapa Shrestha, Nabaraj
Adhikari
Kantipur College
of Medical Science, Sitapaila, Kathmandu,
Nepal
Parasitic infection is one of the
major health problems in people living with HIV/AIDS (PLHA) especially in
tropical developing countries. This study was conducted to analyze the rate of
parasitic infection among people living with HIV/AIDS. A total of 197 specimens
were collected from July 2011 to April 2012 and processed in public health
research laboratory. The specimens were observed microscopically for ova,
larvae and cyst. For detection of Cyclospora spp., Isospora belli
and Cryptosporidium spp., modified Zeal-Neelson staining technique was
used. Among total 197 samples 55 (27.91 %) were parasite positive. The
prevalence was 10.65 % for Cyclospora spp., 9.13 % for Giardia lambia,
7.61 % for Cryptosporidium spp., 5.07 % for Entamoeba
histolytica/dispar, 3.04 % for Entamoena coli, 0.50 % for Isospora
belli and 0.50 % Bastocystis hominis. The prevalence of parasitic was
found to be highest in 25-35 years people. The highest parasitic infection was
found in the patients with CD4 (Cluster of differentiation) 200-500
cells/ mm3 range. The parasitic infection was found high in 25 % of
ART (Antiretroviral therapy) not taking patients and 29.91 % of ART taking
patients. It can be concluded thatbroutine stool examination should be done for
identification of parasites.
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