Research Article
Prevalence and Types of Coinfections in Sleeping Sickness Patients in Kenya (2000/2009)
Table 3
Pattern of coinfections in 31 HAT patients in NSSRH, Alupe, Kenya, from 2000 to 2009.
| Co-infection | Frequency | Percentage |
| HAT + malaria + helminth + GIT protozoa | 9 | 0.29 | HAT + malaria | 8 | 0.26 | HAT + malaria + helminth | 4 | 0.13 | HAT + malaria + helminth + GIT protozoa + UTI + typhoid | 2 | 0.06 | HAT + malaria + helminth + GIT protozoa + HIV | 2 | 0.06 | HAT + malaria + typhoid + UTI | 2 | 0.06 | HAT + malaria + TB + HIV | 1 | 0.03 | HAT + malaria + HIV + UTI + typhoid | 1 | 0.03 | HAT + malaria + helminth + typhoid | 1 | 0.03 | HAT + malaria + helminth + GIT protozoa + typhoid | 1 | 0.03 |
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HAT: human African trypanosomiasis, TB: tuberculosis, GIT: Gastro-intestinal, UTI: urinary tract infections, helminth: Ancylostoma duodenale, Strongyloides stercolaris, Taenia spp, protozoa: Trichomonas hominis, Entamoeba spp.
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