Skip to content
Home
About Us
Resources
Profiles Metrics
Authors Directory
Institutions Directory
Top Authors
Top Institutions
Top Sponsors
AI Digest
Contact Us
Menu
Home
About Us
Resources
Profiles Metrics
Authors Directory
Institutions Directory
Top Authors
Top Institutions
Top Sponsors
AI Digest
Contact Us
Home
About Us
Resources
Profiles Metrics
Authors Directory
Institutions Directory
Top Authors
Top Institutions
Top Sponsors
AI Digest
Contact Us
Menu
Home
About Us
Resources
Profiles Metrics
Authors Directory
Institutions Directory
Top Authors
Top Institutions
Top Sponsors
AI Digest
Contact Us
Publication Details
AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
immunology and microbiology
The burden of polyparasitism among primary schoolchildren in rural and farming areas in Zimbabwe
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 102, No. 10, Year 2008
Notification
URL copied to clipboard!
Description
A cross-sectional study was conducted in Zimbabwe among 1303 primary schoolchildren from a rural (53.3%) and a commercial farming area (46.7%) to determine the prevalence of co-infection by helminths and Plasmodium falciparum. Urine was examined on three successive days using the filtration method. Two stool specimens were processed using the Kato-Katz method and a third specimen was processed using the sedimentation method. Plasmodium falciparum was diagnosed from thick blood films. The prevalence of Schistosoma haematobium in the rural and farming areas was 66.8% and 52.3%, respectively, and for S. mansoni the prevalence was 12.4% and 22.7%, respectively. Plasmodium falciparum, hookworms, Ascaris lumbricoides and Trichuris trichiura occurred only in the farming area, with a prevalence of 27.9%, 23.7%, 2.1%, 2.3%, respectively. Co-infection and triple infection with schistosomes, P. falciparum and soil-transmitted helminths occurred in the commercial farming area only. Hookworm and S. mansoni infections were associated with P. falciparum malaria (P < 0.001, OR = 2.48, 95% CI 1.56-3.93 and P = 0.005, OR = 1.85, 95% CI 1.20-2.87, respectively). Overlap of helminths with malaria is a concern among primary schoolchildren and incorporating helminth control in programmes aiming to control malaria will improve funding and increase the efficiency of control for neglected tropical diseases in identified co-endemic settings. © 2008.
Authors & Co-Authors
Midzi, Nicholas
Zimbabwe, Harare
National Institute of Health Research, Harare
Sangweme, Davison T.
United States, Baltimore
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Zinyowera, Sekesai
Zimbabwe, Harare
College of Health Sciences
Mapingure, Munyaradzi Paul
Zimbabwe, Harare
University of Zimbabwe
Brouwer, Kimberly C.
United States, La Jolla
University of California, San Diego
Munatsi, Anderson
Zimbabwe, Harare
National Institute of Health Research, Harare
Mutapi, Francisca
United Kingdom, Edinburgh
The University of Edinburgh
Mudzori, James T.
Zimbabwe
National Microbiology Reference Laboratory
Kumar, Nirbhay
United States, Baltimore
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Woelk, Godfrey B.
Zimbabwe, Harare
University of Zimbabwe
Mduluza, Takafira
Zimbabwe, Harare
University of Zimbabwe
Statistics
Citations: 89
Authors: 11
Affiliations: 7
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/j.trstmh.2008.05.024
ISSN:
00359203
Research Areas
Infectious Diseases
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Study Approach
Quantitative
Study Locations
Zimbabwe