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Table 3 Past neurological history, public health and diagnostic data of HIV+ and HIV– individuals of the matched study population

From: Association between Taenia solium infection and HIV/AIDS in northern Tanzania: a matched cross sectional-study

Variables

HIV+ (170)

HIV– (170)

Total (340)

p-value

n

%

n

%

n

%

 

History of acute headaches

 Yes

38

22.4

16

9.4

54

15.9

<0.01

History of chronic headaches

 Yes

6

3.5

4

2.4

10

2.9

0.52

Past or present epileptic seizures

 Yes

4

2.4

3

1.8

7

2.1

0.70

History of psychiatric disorders

 Yes

15

8.8

6

3.5

21

6.2

0.04

Current CNS symptoms

 Yes

7

4.1

1

0.6

8

2.4

0.03

Current PNS symptoms

 Yes

13

7.6

5

2.9

18

5.3

0.05

CC-Ag

 Positive

1

0.6

0

0.0

1

0.3

0.32

CC-Ab by LLGP-EITB

 Positive

4

2.4

4

2.4

8

2.4

1.00

CC-Ab by rT24H-blot

 Positive

4

2.4

4

2.4

8

2.4

1.00

Taeniosis-Ab

 Positive

1

0.6

2

1.2

3

0.9

0.56

NCCa

 Positive

4

2.4

4

2.4

8

2.4

1.00

History of tapeworm carrier in family

 Yes

7

4.1

3

1.8

10

2.9

0.20

Handwashing before eating

 Yes

12

7.1

20

11.8

32

9.4

0.14

Anthelmintic treatment in the past year

 Yes

12

7.1

25

14.7

37

10.9

0.02

  1. CNS central nervous system, PNS peripheral nervous system, HAART highly active antiretroviral therapy, CC cysticercosis, Ag antigen, Ab antibody, LLGP-EITB lentin-lectin glycoprotein electroimmunosorbent blot, NCC neurocysticercosis
  2. aAccording to the revised diagnostic criteria proposed by Del Brutto [10]