Abstract
Background Despite efforts to control the disease, malaria is still threatening the life of millions of people in sub-Saharan Africa [1]. In addition the distribution of malaria often overlaps in space with so called neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). People in endemic areas can therefore host more than one parasite species infection at the same time, hence making polyparasitism a common phenomenon [2-4]. The consequences of these diseases are manifold and can include impairment of cognitive development and anemia, school aged-children and pregnant women representing the most vulnerable groups with particular risk of morbidity [4-6]. In Cote d’lvoire, these diseases are widely prevalent but vary in their spatial distribution and present different patterns of associations. Risk factors such as distance to water bodies and socio-economic status have been identified among the underlying causes for this heterogeneity [7,8] As a result of this heterogenous occurrence of multi-parasite infections related morbidity and burden due to polyparasitism will vary as well between areas. For control activities decision making usually takes place at global and/or national level but for integrated, cost-effective and sustainable control efforts better understanding of co-infection dynamics at different spatial scales are urgently needed. The main goal of this study was therefore to describe the pattern of concomitant infections with Plasmodium and intestinal helminths in a rural setting in southern Cote d’lvoire.
Highlights
Despite efforts to control the disease, malaria is still threatening the life of millions of people in sub-Saharan Africa [1]
Predominant neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) parasites were Schistosoma mansoni (27.36%) and hookworm ((31.23%) (Table 1)
Age was negatively related to the P. falciparum monoinfection risk, while female and age were negatively associated to the S. mansoni mono-infection risk
Summary
Despite efforts to control the disease, malaria is still threatening the life of millions of people in sub-Saharan Africa [1]. People in endemic areas can host more than one parasite species infection at the same time, making polyparasitism a common phenomenon [2-4] The consequences of these diseases are manifold and can include impairment of cognitive development and anemia, school aged-children and pregnant women representing the most vulnerable groups with particular risk of morbidity [4-6]. In Côte d’lvoire, these diseases are widely prevalent but vary in their spatial distribution and present different patterns of associations Risk factors such as distance to water bodies and socio-economic status have been identified among the underlying causes for this heterogeneity [7,8] As a result of this heterogenous occurrence of multi-parasite infections related morbidity and burden due to polyparasitism will vary as well between areas. The main goal of this study was to describe the pattern of concomitant infections with Plasmodium and intestinal helminths in a rural setting in southern Côte d’lvoire
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