?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Age+and+Sex+Distribution+of+Intestinal+Parasitic+Infection+Among+HIV+Infected+Subjects+in+Abeokuta%2C+Nigeria&rft.creator=Okodua%2C+Dr.+Marcellinus&rft.creator=Adeyeba+Adegboyega%2C+Dr.+Oluwaseyi&rft.creator=Tatfeng+Mirabeau%2C+Dr.+Youtchou&rft.creator=Okpala+Obi%2C+Dr.+Herbert&rft.subject=Online+Journal+of+Health+and+Allied+Sciences&rft.description=Intestinal+parasitic+infection+has+been+a+major+source+of+disease+in+tropical+countries+especially+among+HIV+patients.+The+distribution+of+intestinal+parasite+among+two+hundred+and+fifteen+(215)+subjects+with+mean+age+of+32+years%2C+comprising+of+35+HIV-seropositive+and+180+HIV+seronegative+patients+was+carried+out+using+microscopic+method+to+examine+their+stool+specimens+for+presence+of+trophozoites%2C+ova%2C+cysts%2C+larvae+and+oocysts+of+intestinal+parasites.+Overall+parasitic+infection+rate+was+28.4%25.+Infection+rate+among+HIV+seropositve+subjects+(42.9%25)+was+statistically+higher+than+that+among+HIV+seronegative+subjects+(25.6%25)+(P%3C0.05).+Although+helminths+infection+rate+(31.4%25)+was+higher+than+that+of+protozoa+(20%25)+among+HIV-seropositive+subject%2C+the+difference+was+not+statistically+significant+(P%3E0.05).+There+was+no+statistically+significant+difference+in+the+parasitic+infection+between+HIV-seropositive+males+and+females+and+among+the+various+age+groups+(P%3E0.05).+Adequate+treatment%2C+proper+health+education+and+good+hygiene+will+help+in+reducing+intestinal+parasitic+infection&rft.publisher=Dr.+B.S.+Kakkilaya&rft.contributor=Kakkilaya+Bevinje%2C+Dr.+Srinivas&rft.date=2004-03&rft.type=Journal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3506%2F1%2F2003-4-3.pdf&rft.identifier=++Okodua%2C+Dr.+Marcellinus+and+Adeyeba+Adegboyega%2C+Dr.+Oluwaseyi+and+Tatfeng+Mirabeau%2C+Dr.+Youtchou+and+Okpala+Obi%2C+Dr.+Herbert++(2004)+Age+and+Sex+Distribution+of+Intestinal+Parasitic+Infection+Among+HIV+Infected+Subjects+in+Abeokuta%2C+Nigeria.++%5BJournal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3506%2F