Cohort | Helminth positive | P value | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Y | N | (univariate) | |||||
N,% | 90 | 9 | 10% | 81 | 90% | - | |
Age, years (mean) [CI] | 34 | [33–36] | 36 | [33–39] | 34 | [33–35] | 0.328 |
Male (N,%) | 26 | 29% | 5 | 56% | 21 | 26% | 0.11 |
Region of Birth (N,%) | |||||||
- South Africa | 23 | 26% | 4 | 44% | 19 | 23% | |
- East Africa | 28 | 31% | 3 | 33% | 25 | 31% | |
- West Africa | 31 | 34% | 2 | 22% | 29 | 36% | |
- Central Africa | 6 | 7% | 0 | 0% | 6 | 7% | |
- Non-Africa | 2 | 2% | 0 | 0% | 2 | 2% | 0.603 |
Years in Ireland (mean) [SD] | 5 | [3] | 5 | [3] | 4 | [3] | 0.59 |
HIV RNA (median [IQR] (copies/ml)) (n = 89) | 50 | [1718] | 50 | [2644] | 50 | [329779] | 0.2 |
CD4+ T-cell count (mean [CI] (cells/mm3)) | 398 | [345–452] | 280 | [218] | 395 | [217] | 0.08 |
Reason for travel to Ireland (N,%) | |||||||
- Asylum | 61 | 68% | 7 | 78% | 54 | 67% | |
- Education | 23 | 26% | 1 | 11% | 22 | 27% | |
- Other | 6 | 7% | 1 | 11% | 5 | 6% | 0.53 |
Previous schistosomiasis therapy (N,%) | 6 | 6.7% | 1 | 1% | 5 | 6% | 0.57 |
Previous strongyloides therapy (N,%) | 2 | 2.2% | 1 | 1% | 1 | 1% | 0.15 |
Eosionophils (x103cells/mm3) (mean [CI]) | 0.16 | [0.11-0.2] | 0.30 | [0.30] | 0.15 | [0.16] | 0.021 |
Hemoglobin (g/dL) (mean [CI]) | 12 | [12–13] | 13 | [1] | 12 | [1] | 0.28 |
MCV (fL) (mean [CI]) | 84 | [82–87] | 84 | [7] | 85 | [11] | 0.86 |
CRP (mg/l) (mean [CI]) (n = 79) | 5 | [3–5] | 7(n = 9) | [4] | 5(n = 70) | [5] | 0.25 |
ESR (mm/hr) (mean [CI]) (n = 63) | 29 | [22–37] | 22(n = 7) | [28] | 31(n = 61) | [28] | 0.43 |
WBC (x109/L) (mean [CI]) | 5 | [4–5] | 4 | [1] | 5 | [1] | 0.89 |
Lymphocytes (x109/L) (mean [CI]) | 2 | [1.5-2] | 2 | [0.6] | 2 | [0.6] | 0.54 |
Symptoms (N,%) | |||||||
- Abdominal pain | 7 | 7.8% | 0 | 0% | 7 | 9% | 0.35 |
- Diarrhoea | 1 | 1% | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1% | 0.73 |
- Haematuria | 1 | 1% | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1% | 0.73 |
- Dyspnoea | 5 | 6% | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6% | 0.44 |
- Wheeze | 3 | 3% | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4% | 0.55 |
- Cough | 5 | 6% | 1 | 11% | 4 | 5% | 0.44 |
- Skin eruptions | 10 | 11% | 1 | 11% | 9 | 11% | 1 |
- Any above listed symptom | 32 | 36% | 2 | 22% | 30 | 37% | 0.37 |