Research Article
Incidence of Helminthic and Viral Coinfections in Malaria Patients in the Tertiary Care Hospital Setup
Table 1
Incidence of malaria-viral coinfections in district Kohat and associated risk factors.
| | Variable | Coinfection with viral infections (N = 135) | | Coinfection positive | HAV (N = 45) | HAB (N = 14) | HCV (N = 16) | HIV (N = 6) | SARS-CoV- 2 (N = 19) | DENV (N = 34) |
| | Age (years) | | 1–10 | 3 | 1 (2.2) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 2 (6) | | 11–20 | 23 | 12 (26.6) | 2 (14.2) | 1 (6.2) | 0 (0) | 2 (10.5) | 6 (17.6) | | 21–30 | 47 | 18 (40) | 3 (21.4) | 3 (18.5) | 3 (50) | 6 (31.5) | 12 (35.2) | | 31–40 | 35 | 8 (18) | 7 (50) | 7 (43.7) | 2 (33.3) | 5 (26.3) | 8 (23.5) | | 41–50 | 15 | 2 (4.4) | 1 (7.1) | 2 (12.4) | 0 (0) | 4 (21) | 6 (17.6) | | Above 50 | 11 | 4 (8.8) | 1 (7.1) | 3 (18.5) | 1 (16.6) | 2 (10.5) | 0 (0) |
| | Gender | | Male | 88 | 32 (71) | 10 (71.4) | 12 (75) | 5 (83.7) | 13 (68.4) | 19 (56) | | Female | 57 | 13 (29) | 4 (28.6) | 4 (25) | 1 (15.3) | 6 (31.6) | 15 (44) |
| | Resident | | Urban | 37 | 17 (37.7) | 8 (57) | 9 (56.2) | 6 (100) | 15 (79) | 20 (59) | | Rural | 75 | 28 (62.3) | 6 (43) | 7 (43.8) | 0 (0) | 4 (21) | 14 (41) |
| | Education status | | Educated | 47 | 25 (55.5) | 4 (28.5) | 5 (31.2) | 1 (16.6) | 9 (47.3) | 16 (47) | | Noneducated | 88 | 20 (44.5) | 10 (71.5) | 11 (68.8) | 5 (83.4) | 10 (52.7) | 18 (53) |
| | Financial status | | Poor | 95 | 35 (77.7) | 11 (78.5) | 12 (75) | 5 (100) | 12 (63) | 24 (70.5) | | Rich | 37 | 10 (22.3) | 3 (21.5) | 4 (25) | 0 (0) | 7 (37) | 10 (29.5) |
| | Presence of domestic animals | | Present | 30 | 10 (22.3) | 2 (14.2) | 1 (6.2) | 0 (0) | 2 (10.5) | 12 (35.2) | | Absent | 105 | 35 (77.7) | 12 (85.8) | 15 (93.8) | 5 (100) | 17 (89.5) | 22 (64.8) |
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Statistically significant. |
