High helminthic co-infection in tuberculosis patients with undernutritional status in northeastern Ethiopia.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Tuberculosis and parasitosis are the widely distributed diseases in Ethiopia with the leading cause of mortality and morbidity, respectively. There has been no information on the status of co-infections of tuberculosis and parasitosis in Oromia Zone of Amhara Region and South Wollo, Ethiopia. Hence, this study primarily focuses on determining the status of tuberculosis and parasitosis co-infections and associated factors. METHODS:The study was conducted in Oromia Special Zone of the Amhara Regional State and South Wollo Zone, northeastern Ethiopia from April 2015 to January 2017. Tuberculosis cases confirmed by health personnel at the health institutions were the source of the study sample. In a cross-sectional study 384 smear positive pulmonary and extra-pulmonary tuberculosis

SUBMITTER: Gashaw F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6798427 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature