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American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 4(83), p. 914-916, 2010

DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2010.10-0231

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Seroprevalence of Entamoeba histolytica Infection among Men Who Have Sex with Men in Sydney, Australia

Journal article published in 2010 by Rodney James, Joel Barratt ORCID, Deborah Marriott, Damien Stark, John Harkness
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.

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Abstract

A retrospective analysis was undertaken to determine the seroprevalence of Entamoeba histolytica infection in Sydney, Australia. Using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, 429 high risk human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected men who have sex with men (MSM), 446 low risk HIV-uninfected MSM, and 456 HIV-uninfected controls were assessed. Seroprevalence rates were 5.13% for the high risk HIV-infected MSM group, 0.22% for the low risk HIV-uninfected MSM group, and 0.44% for the control group. We found that high risk HIV-infected MSM have a significantly greater seroprevalence of E. histolytica with a relative risk of 22.87, when compared with low risk HIV-uninfected MSM and 11.69 when compared with controls. These findings show that in Sydney, sexually active HIV-infected MSM are at greater risk of developing amoebic disease caused by E. histolytica than HIV-uninfected MSM and the general population.