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The prevalence of <jats:italic>Blastocystis<\/jats:italic> infection varied among different age groups. The prevalence of <jats:italic>Blastocystis<\/jats:italic> infection in non-HIV-infected children aged &lt; 10 and 10\u201319 years were 14.5% and 10.3%, respectively, which were not significantly different. All 31 HIV-infected children were not infected with <jats:italic>Blastocystis<\/jats:italic> sp. 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