Incidence of Malaria: a comparative study among HIV sero-positive and HIV sero-negative persons in Plateau State.
Keywords:
Assessment, malaria, incidence, HIV sero-positive and negativeAbstract
Objective: Malaria and HIV/AIDS are two of the most common infections in sub-saharan Africa, an increased prevalence of malaria and increased parasite density in HIV- infected individuals could lead to increased malaria transmission affecting both HIV- positive and – negative individuals. The study aimed to determine and compare the incidence of malaria among HIV sero-positive and sero-negative persons in Plateau State.
Methods: A comparative cross sectional study conducted among HIV sero-positive and sero-negative persons in 2012 using quantitative method of data collection to determine the incidence of malaria.
Result: A total 84 respondents each participated in this study per group. The mean age of HIV seropositive respondents was 33.9 ± 11.5 years while that of HIV sero- negative respondents was 36.0 ± 9.6 years which was comparable (T = 1.34; df = 166; P = 0.184). The incidence of malaria was 35.7% among the HIV sero-positive respondents as against 22.6% among the HIV sero-negative respondents (χ2 = 3.49; P = 0.062).
Conclusion: This study has demonstrated a higher incidence of malaria among HIV sero-positive person as compared to HIV sero negative individuals though not statistically significant.
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