Prevalence of HIV and malaria: a cross-sectional study on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea
Afr. j. AIDS res. (Online)
; 16(1): 65-70, 2017.
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ABSTRACT
Malaria and HIV are two of the most severe public health problems in Africa. However, epidemiological data on Bioko Island is scarce. To investigate the prevalence of malaria and HIV infections and assess association of malaria and HIV infections and possible confounding factors, we performed a cross-sectional survey of people of malaria-endemic Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea. A cross-sectional study of 1 526 subjects was carried out to determine the prevalence of malaria and HIV infection in Malabo region hospital on Bioko Island. Questionnaires were administered and venous blood samples were drawn for malaria parasites and HIV detection. The prevalence of participants infected with malaria and HIV in this area were 13.8% and 6.6% respectively. The average prevalence of co-infection for malaria and HIV was 0.92%. HIV-infection was significantly associated with the age and gender. Malaria infections were significantly associated with the age. This study showed that the prevalence of HIV and malaria on Bioko Island was higher than expected, although the co-infection prevalence of malaria and HIV was low. The results also indicated that malaria and HIV infections lead to more public health risk to youngsters and women
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Base de dados:
AIM
Assunto principal:
Infecções por HIV
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Prevalência
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Guiné Equatorial
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Coinfecção
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Malária
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
País/Região como assunto:
Africa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Afr. j. AIDS res. (Online)
Ano de publicação:
2017
Tipo de documento:
Article