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Instead of human immuno deficiency virus (HIV) infection itself, opportunistic infections like intestinal coccidian parasites cause death of over 80% AIDS patients. Factors like exposed drinking water sources and poverty aid the prevalence of opportunistic intestinal coccidian parasitic infections in HIV\/AIDS patients. The goal of this study was to determine the prevalence of intestinal coccidian parasites and associated factors in HIV\/AIDS patients.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>A health facility based cross sectional study was conducted from 140 HIV\/AIDS patients attending ART clinic in Debre Tabor Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia from September to December 2023. The sociodemographic characteristics were collected through face\u2010to\u2010face interviews. Stool samples were processed with Modified Acid Fast staining technique. Statistical Package for Social Sciences software version 20 was used to analyze the data. Logistic regression was used to assess factors associated with dependent variable and <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.05 was considered significantly associated.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>The total prevalence of opportunistic intestinal coccidian parasites (OICPs) in HIV\/AIDS patients was 16.4% (23\/140). Drinking surface water [<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.015, COR\u2009=\u20093.4] compared to tape water, drinking alcohol [<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.001, COR\u2009=\u200918] compared to not drinking alcohol, diarrhea [<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.005, COR\u2009=\u20091] compared to non\u2010diarrheic, drug dropout [<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.01, COR\u2009=\u200911] compared to regular drug intake and low CD4 count [<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.042, COR\u2009=\u20099] compared to CD4\u2009&gt;\u2009500\/\u00b5L showed significant association with increased prevalence of OICPs in HIV\/AIDS patients.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>OICPs are still the common causes of morbidity and mortality in HIV\/AIDS patients. Surface water consumption, alcoholism, interruption of treatment drugs, diarrhea, and reduced CD4<jats:sup>+<\/jats:sup> T\u2010cells significantly contribute to acquisition and prevalence of OICPs in HIV\/AIDS patients. Routine screening of OICPs with sensitive diagnostic techniques in HIV\/AIDS patients regardless of symptoms is crucial and has to be practiced in health settings.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1002\/hsr2.70056","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,9,3]],"date-time":"2024-09-03T04:38:59Z","timestamp":1725338339000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":6,"title":["Prevalence of opportunistic intestinal coccidian parasites and associated factors in HIV\/AIDS patients attending anti\u2010retroviral therapy (ART) clinic at Debre Tabor Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia: A cross\u2010sectional study"],"prefix":"10.1002","volume":"7","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4895-3017","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Andargachew","family":"Almaw","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Medical Laboratory Science, College of Health Sciences Debre Tabor University Debre Tabor Ethiopia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4287-4147","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ayenew","family":"Assefa","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Medical Laboratory Science, College of Health Sciences Debre Tabor University Debre Tabor Ethiopia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ayenew","family":"Berhan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Medical Laboratory Science, College of Health Sciences Debre Tabor University Debre Tabor Ethiopia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ermiyas","family":"Getahun","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Medical Laboratory Science, College of Health Sciences Debre Tabor University Debre Tabor Ethiopia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Bekele","family":"Sharew","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Medical Laboratory Science, College of Health Sciences Debre Tabor University Debre Tabor Ethiopia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Tegenaw","family":"Tiruneh","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Medical Laboratory Science, College of Health Sciences Debre Tabor University Debre Tabor Ethiopia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Birhanu","family":"Getie","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Medical Laboratory Science, College of Health Sciences Debre Tabor University Debre Tabor Ethiopia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Mulat","family":"Erkihun","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Medical Laboratory Science, College of Health Sciences Debre Tabor University Debre Tabor Ethiopia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yenealem","family":"Solomon","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Medical Laboratory Science, College of Health Sciences Debre Tabor University Debre Tabor Ethiopia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Biruk","family":"Legese","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Medical Laboratory Science, College of Health Sciences Debre Tabor University Debre Tabor Ethiopia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Teklehaimanot","family":"Kiros","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Medical Laboratory Science, College of Health Sciences Debre Tabor University Debre Tabor Ethiopia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Aynework","family":"Abebaw","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Medical Laboratory Science, College of Health Sciences Debre Tabor University Debre Tabor Ethiopia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,9,2]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_2_11_2_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jiac.2016.10.002"},{"key":"e_1_2_11_3_1","unstructured":"Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.HIV mortality 2021.https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/hiv\/pdf\/library\/slidesets\/cdc-hiv-surveillance-slideset-mortality-2021.pdf"},{"key":"e_1_2_11_4_1","unstructured":"Max Roser and Hannah Ritchie(2023) \u2010\u201cHIV\/AIDS\u201d Published online at Our WorldInData.org. 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