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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
Malaria in a holoendemic area of Burkina Faso: A cross-sectional study
Parasitology Research, Volume 98, No. 6, Year 2006
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Description
A malaria survey of the entire population of a village in Western Burkina Faso (n=1,561) was conducted to assess malaria endemicity. The study population was examined for symptoms characteristic of malaria including fever, anaemia, splenomegaly and parasites present in thick blood films. In the overall study population, the prevalence of Plasmodium spp. infection by microscopic examination of thick blood films was 79.0% (1,233/1,561). In a subcohort with 201 individuals, PCR techniques found a prevalence rate for all Plasmodium spp. of 92.0% (185/ 201), while microscopy found one of 80.6% (162/201). A combination of both methods gives a rate of 95.5% (192/201). Though univariate logistic analyses of elevated body temperature, anaemia, splenomegaly and age showed them all to be predictors of or risk factors for an infection, only elevated body temperature and age were predictors in multivariate logistic analysis. However, the symptom of splenomegaly did show a highly significant association with infection by multiple species of Plasmodium. © Springer-Verlag 2006.
Authors & Co-Authors
Stich, August H.R.
Germany, Heidelberg
Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg
Germany, Wurzburg
Medical Mission Hospital
Oster, Nadja
Germany, Heidelberg
Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg
Abdel-Aziz, Inas Zakaria A.M.
Germany, Heidelberg
Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg
Egypt, Cairo
Faculty of Medicine
Stieglbauer, Gabriele
Germany, Heidelberg
Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg
Coulibaly, Boubacar
Burkina Faso
Centre de Recherche en Santé à Nouna
Wickert, Hannes
Germany, Heidelberg
Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg
McLean, J. E.
Germany, Heidelberg
Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg
Kouyaté, Bocar A.
Burkina Faso
Centre de Recherche en Santé à Nouna
Becher, Heiko
Germany, Heidelberg
Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg
Lanzer, Michael
Germany, Heidelberg
Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg
Statistics
Citations: 14
Authors: 10
Affiliations: 4
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1007/s00436-005-0104-9
ISSN:
09320113
Research Areas
Infectious Diseases
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Study Approach
Quantitative
Study Locations
Burkina Faso