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Volume 28, Number 11—November 2022
Research

Prevalence of Histoplasmosis among Persons with Advanced HIV Disease, Nigeria

Rita O. OladeleComments to Author , Iriagbonse I. Osaigbovo, Alani S. Akanmu, Olukemi A. Adekanmbi, Bassey E. Ekeng, Yahaya Mohammed, Mary A. Alex-Wele, Mark O. Okolo, Stephen T. Ayanbeku, Uchechukwu S. Unigwe, Iorhen E. Akase, Alali Dan-Jumbo, Dennis Israelski, David W. Denning, Alessandro C. Pasqualotto, and Tom Chiller

Author affiliations: Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Lagos, Nigeria (R.O. Oladele, I.E. Akase); University of Benin Teaching Hospital, Benin City, Nigeria (I.I. Osaigbovo); University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria (R.O. Oladele, A.S. Akanmu); University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria (O.A. Adekanmbi); University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, Calabar, Nigeria (B.E. Ekeng); Usmanu Danfodiyo University College of Health Sciences, Sokoto, Nigeria (Y. Mohammed); University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital, Port Harcourt, Nigeria (M.A. Alex-Wele); University of Jos, Jos, Nigeria (M.O. Okolo); Federal Medical Centre, Bida, Nigeria (S.T. Ayanbeku); University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Enugu, Nigeria (U.S. Unigwe); Rivers State University Teaching Hospital, Port Harcourt (A. Dan-Jumbo); Gilead Sciences International Medical Affairs, Global Patient Solution, San Francisco, California, USA (D. Israelski); University of Manchester, Manchester, UK (D.W. Denning); Universidade Federal de Ciencias da Saude de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil (A.C. Pasqualotto); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (T. Chiller)

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Table 1

Sociodemographic data for study of prevalence of histoplasmosis among persons with AIDS, Nigeria

Variable No. (%) participants No. histoplasmosis urine Ag+/total no. (%) p value
Geopolitical zones 0.097*
North Central 355 (35.9) 20/355 (5.6)
North West 100 (10.1) 6/100 (6.0)
South East 44 (4.5) 3/44 (6.8)
South South 303 (30.7) 23/303 (7.6)
South West
 186 (18.8)
 24/186 (12.9)
Sex 0.461†
F 611 (61.8) 44/611 (7.2)
M
 377 (38.2)
 32/377 (8.5)
Age, y 0.891†
<25 80 (8.1) 5/80 (6.2)
25–40 484 (48.9) 31/484 (6.4)
41–60 381 (38.6) 39/381 (10.2)
>60
 43 (4.4)
 1/43 (2.3)
Educational qualification 0.920†
None 216 (22) 19/216 (8.8)
Primary 126 (12.6) 11/126 (8.7)
Quranic school 33 (3.3) 2/33 (6.1)
Secondary 354 (35.8) 25/354 (7.1)
Tertiary
 259 (26.3)
 19/259 (7.3)
Occupation <0.001†
Artisan 45 (4.6) 5/45 (11.1)
Pensioner 13 (1.3) 1/13 (7.7)
Professional 437 (44.2) 28/437 (6.4)
Student 64 (6.5) 6/64 (9.4)
Unemployed 109 (11.0) 3/109 (2.8)
Unskilled labor 320 (32.4) 33/320 (10.3)

*Fisher exact test. †Pearson χ2 test.

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