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Assessment Of Malaria And Typhoid Coinfection Among Individuals Attending Tela Phcc
[A CASE STUDY OF GASSOL LGA TARABA STATE]
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Statement of the problem
Malaria and typhoid fever remain the disease
of major public health importance and cause of morbidity and mortality
in tropical Africa. Both diseases are common in many countries of the
world where the prevailing environmental conditions of warm, humid
climate, poor sanitary habits, poverty and ignorant exist. These two
diseases have been associated with poverty and underdevelopment (Ammon,
2013). Malaria and typhoid fever often present with mimicking symptoms
especially in the early stages of typhoid fever (Ammah et al., 1999;
Ohanu et al., 2003). While high prevalence of malaria is an established
fact, it is only within the last decade that an unusually high number of
illnesses have been diagnosed as malaria co-existing with typhoid
fever. The situation often presents a diagnostic problem and in some
cases could lead to diagnostic confusion. As a result of this, the
importance of definitive laboratory-based diagnosis cannot be
overstated, before an individual is said to have concurrent malaria and
typhoid fever, the presence of Plasmodium species and Salmonella enteric
sub-sp enterica serotype typhi must be demonstrated in the patient’s
laboratory specimens (Uneke 2006). Therefore it is against this
background that this study seeks to present an assessment of malaria and
typhoid co-infection among individuals attending Tela PHCC in Gassol
LGA Taraba State.
Objective of the Study
The broad objective
of this study is to present an assessment of malaria and typhoid
co-infection among individuals attending Tela PHCC in Gassol LGA Taraba
State. Specifically, the study seeks to:
To determine the prevalence of malaria and typhoid fever among individuals attending Tela PHCC in Gassol LGA Taraba State.
To
investigate the rate of co-infection with respect to the use of widal
test and blood culture methods for diagnosing typhoid fever in Tela PHCC
in Gassol LGA Taraba State.
To ascertain the overall prevalence of
malaria and typhoid fever co- infections among patients in Tela PHCC in
Gassol LGA Taraba State.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]The broad objective of this study is to present an assessment of malaria and typhoid co-infection among individuals attending Tela PHCC in Gassol LGA Taraba State. Venepunture technique was used for collection of the blood samples. A total of 250 patients with clinical suspicion of malaria and typhoid fever comprising of 113 males and 137 females were examined. Giemsa stained thick and thin blood films were used to detect malaria parasites in the samples.Typhoid fever was diagnosed from each sam ... Continue reading---
