Table 3.
Characteristics of studies investigating maternal hookworm and malaria coinfection
| Study | Location | Study type | Population | Malaria prevalence (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adegnika35 | Gabon | Prospective cohort | 340 pregnant women | 25 |
| Boel37* | Thai–Burmese border | Cross-sectional | 829 pregnant women | 27 |
| Boel37* | Thai–Burmese border | Cross-sectional | 829 pregnant women | 20 |
| Ekejindu29 | Nigeria | Cross-sectional | 100 pregnant women | 81 |
| Fairley40 | Kenya | Cross-sectional | 695 pregnant women | 43 |
| Fuseini25† | Ghana | Cross-sectional | 300 pregnant women | 58 |
| Getachew43 | Ethiopia | Cross-sectional | 388 pregnant women | 12 |
| Hillier46 | Uganda | Cross-sectional | 2,507 pregnant women | 11 |
| Mahande32† | Tanzania | Cross-sectional | 6,533 pregnant women | 13 |
| Ojurongbe51 | Nigeria | Cross-sectional | 200 pregnant women | 30 |
| Thigpen54 | Malawi | Randomized control trial | 848 pregnant women | 38 |
| Yatich56 | Ghana | Cross-sectional | 746 pregnant women | 36 |
Prevalence data are rounded to the nearest percentile to allow for uniformity.
*
This one study includes data from two cross-sectional analyses performed in 1996 and 2007.
†
Studies were included both in anemia and malaria coinfection tables.