The prevalence of malaria among HIV seropositive individuals and the impact of the co- infection on their hemoglobin levels
Identifieur interne : 000131 ( Pmc/Checkpoint ); précédent : 000130; suivant : 000132The prevalence of malaria among HIV seropositive individuals and the impact of the co- infection on their hemoglobin levels
Auteurs : Sammy Ck Tay [Ghana] ; Kingsley Badu [Ghana] ; Anthony A. Mensah [Ghana] ; Stephen Y. Gbedema [Ghana]Source :
- Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials [ 1476-0711 ] ; 2015.
Abstract
Malaria and HIV/AIDS are the two most common infections in sub-Sahara Africa. There are hypotheses and study reports on the possible association between these two infections, hence the prevalence and outcome of their co-infection in an endemic population will be important in defining healthcare strategies. A cross sectional study was carried out at the Holy Family Hospital in Techiman, Ghana, between November 2011 and January 2012, to determine the prevalence of malaria among HIV sero-positive patients and its impact on hemoglobin levels.
A total of 400 HIV sero-positive participants (292 females and 108 males) aged between 1 and 73 years were randomly sampled for the study. A questionnaire was administered and 2 ml of venous blood samples were drawn for malaria parasites detection, CD4 count and haemoglobin level estimations.
Malaria parasites were detected in 47 (11.75%) of the participants. There was no statistically significant difference between the malaria prevalence rate of females (12.1%) and males (10.2%) P = 0.6047. An overall anaemia prevalence of 67% was observed. Among participants with malaria the anaemia prevalence was 93.6%. The CD4 cell count of all the participants ranged between 3 and 1604 cells/μl with a mean of 386.2 (±274.3) cells/μl. Participants with malaria had CD4 cell count ranged 3 and 512 Cells/μl with the mean being 186.33 (±133.49) Cells/μl. Out of 377 participants (all above 15 years) interviewed on knowledge of malaria transmission and prevention, 87.0% had knowledge on transmission but only 8.5% use in bed nets.
It was revealed that almost all the patients with malaria infection were anemic.
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The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (<ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/">http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/</ext-link>) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.</license-p></license></permissions><abstract id="Abs1"><sec><title>Background</title><p>Malaria and HIV/AIDS are the two most common infections in sub-Sahara Africa. There are hypotheses and study reports on the possible association between these two infections, hence the prevalence and outcome of their co-infection in an endemic population will be important in defining healthcare strategies. A cross sectional study was carried out at the Holy Family Hospital in Techiman, Ghana, between November 2011 and January 2012, to determine the prevalence of malaria among HIV sero-positive patients and its impact on hemoglobin levels.</p></sec><sec><title>Method</title><p>A total of 400 HIV sero-positive participants (292 females and 108 males) aged between 1 and 73 years were randomly sampled for the study. A questionnaire was administered and 2 ml of venous blood samples were drawn for malaria parasites detection, CD4 count and haemoglobin level estimations.</p></sec><sec><title>Results</title><p>Malaria parasites were detected in 47 (11.75%) of the participants. There was no statistically significant difference between the malaria prevalence rate of females (12.1%) and males (10.2%) P = 0.6047. An overall anaemia prevalence of 67% was observed. Among participants with malaria the anaemia prevalence was 93.6%. The CD4 cell count of all the participants ranged between 3 and 1604 cells/μl with a mean of 386.2 (±274.3) cells/μl. Participants with malaria had CD4 cell count ranged 3 and 512 Cells/μl with the mean being 186.33 (±133.49) Cells/μl. Out of 377 participants (all above 15 years) interviewed on knowledge of malaria transmission and prevention, 87.0% had knowledge on transmission but only 8.5% use in bed nets.</p></sec><sec><title>Conclusion</title><p>It was revealed that almost all the patients with malaria infection were anemic.</p></sec></abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><title>Keywords</title><kwd>HIV/AIDS</kwd><kwd>CD<sub>4</sub> cells</kwd><kwd>Malaria co-infection</kwd><kwd>Anaemia</kwd><kwd>Anti-retroviral</kwd></kwd-group><custom-meta-group><custom-meta><meta-name>issue-copyright-statement</meta-name><meta-value>© The Author(s) 2015</meta-value></custom-meta></custom-meta-group></article-meta></front></pmc><affiliations><list><country><li>Ghana</li></country><region><li>Région du Grand Accra</li></region><settlement><li>Accra</li></settlement><orgName><li>Université du Ghana</li></orgName></list><tree><country name="Ghana"><noRegion><name sortKey="Tay, Sammy Ck" sort="Tay, Sammy Ck" uniqKey="Tay S" first="Sammy Ck" last="Tay">Sammy Ck Tay</name></noRegion><name sortKey="Badu, Kingsley" sort="Badu, Kingsley" uniqKey="Badu K" first="Kingsley" last="Badu">Kingsley Badu</name><name sortKey="Gbedema, Stephen Y" sort="Gbedema, Stephen Y" uniqKey="Gbedema S" first="Stephen Y" last="Gbedema">Stephen Y. 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