Table 3.
Interaction between malaria and others pathogens studied
| Malaria microscopy positive (340) n (%) |
Malaria microscopy negative (344) n (%) |
|
|---|---|---|
| Other infections | 154 (45.29) | 182 (52.91) |
| Probable cause of fever (BSI, vGII, UTI) | 11 (3.23) | 62 (18.02) |
| No probable causes of fever (pGII, bGII, CBPN) | 143 (42.05) | 136 (39.53) |
| bBSI | 6 (1.76) | 35 (10.17) |
| GII (all) | 90 (26.47) | 103 (29.94) |
| pGII | 77 (22.64) | 66 (19.18) |
| bGII | 17 (5.0) | 23 (6.69) |
| vGII | 3 (0.88) | 22 (6.40) |
| CBPN | 75 (22.05) | 78 (22.67) |
| UTI | 3 (0.88) | 7 (2.03) |
bBSI bacterial bloodstream infection, GII Gastro-intestinal infection, pGII parasitic gastro-intestinal infection, bGII bacterial gastro-intestinal infection, vGII viral gastro-intestinal infection, UTI Urinary tract infection, CBPN Common bacterial pathogens of nasopharynx