Intestinal Parasites Coinfection Does Not Alter Plasma Cytokines Profile Elicited in Acute Malaria in Subjects from Endemic Area of Brazil

Table 1

Prevalence of malaria and intestinal parasites in the studied population.

	Number of cases	Prevalence (%)
Infected with malaria only
P. vivax	13	81.2
P. falciparum	3	18.8
Total	16	6.1
Infected with intestinal parasites only
Protozoa	69	70.4
Giardia intestinalis	48	69.6
Entamoeba coli	7	10.1
Entamoeba histolytica	3	4.3
Iodamoeba butschlii	1	1.5
G. intestinalis + (I. butschlii or E.  histolytica or E. coli)	3	4.3
E. histolytica + (I. butschlii or E.  coli)	2	2.9
E.  coli + E.  histolytica + G.  intestinalis	3	4.3
E.  coli + E.  histolytica + I.  butschlii	1	1.5
E.  coli + E.  histolytica + G.  intestinalis + I.  butschlii	1	1.5
Helminths	17	17.4
Ancylostoma duodenale	6	35.3
Strongyloides stercoralis	5	29.4
Ascaris lumbricoides	3	17.6
Trichuris trichiura	2	11.8
S. stercoralis + T. trichiura	1	5.9
Protozoa + Helminthes	12	12.2
E. coli + A. lumbricoides	2	16.7
G. intestinalis + (A. duodenale or T. trichiura or S. stercoralis)	7	58.4
G. intestinalis + I. butschlii + A. lumbricoides	1	8.3
E. coli + E. histolytica + A. duodenale	1	8.3
E. coli + E. histolytica + I. butschlii + S. stercoralis	1	8.3
Total	98	37.1
Coinfected with malaria + intestinal parasites
Malaria + Protozoa	39	81.2
G. intestinalis	23	59.0
E. coli	3	7.7
E. histolytica or I. butschlii	2	5.2
E. coli + (G. intestinalis or E. histolytica)	10	25.6
E. coli + E. histolytica + G. intestinalis	1	2.6
Malaria + Helminths	3	6.3
A. duodenale or A. lumbricóides or S. stercoralis	3	100
Malaria + Protozoa + helminthes	6	12.5
G.  intestinalis + (A.  duodenale or A.  lumbricoides)	4	66.7
G.  intestinalis + (Hymenolepis nana or Hymenolepis diminuta)	2	33.3
Total	48	18.2
Uninfected	102	38.6