Research Article
Magnitude of Maternal Anaemia in Rural Burkina Faso: Contribution of Nutritional Factors and Infectious Diseases
Table 2
Prevalence of infectious diseases among pregnant women in Houndé health district, Burkina Faso.
| Type of disease | Sample tested | Positive tests | Prevalence of anaemia among women positives | | % | 95% CI |
| HIV | 3,140 | 51 | 1.62 | 1.10–2.06 | 63.8% | Gonorrhoea | 1,699 | 13 | 0.77 | 0.35–1.17 | 72.7% | Chlamydia | 199 | 14 | 7.04 | 3.45–10.61 | 46.1% | Herpes simplex virus 2 | 460 | 104 | 22.61 | 18.77–26.44 | 66.7% | Trichomoniasis | 3,019 | 488 | 16.16 | 14.85–17.47 | 63.9% | Candidiasis | 1,748 | 398 | 22.77 | 20.80–24.73 | 63.0% | Bacterial vaginoses | 2,994 | 558 | 18.64 | 17.24–20.03 | 62.6% | Syphilis TPHA+ | 3,140 | 114 | 3.63 | 2.97–4.28 | 64.0% | Syphilis TPHA/RPR+ | 3,140 | 22 | 1.82 | 1.06–2.57 | 63.3% | Malaria | 3,043 | 141 | 4.63 | 3.88–5.38 | 69.7% | Helminthiases | 2,842 | 594 | 20.9 | 19.40–22.39 | 62.2% |
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