Prevalence of Giardia intestinalis Infection in Schistosomiasis-Endemic Areas in South-Central Mali
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Ethics Statement
2.2. Study Area and Population
2.3. Field and Laboratory Procedures
2.4. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Parasite | Prevalence | Age (Years) | Sex | ||||
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N | % | ≤5 (n = 10) | 6–15 (n = 40) | >15 (n = 6) | Female (n = 33) | Male (n = 23) | |
Schistosoma mansoni | 23 | 41 | 1 | 20 | 2 | 13 | 10 |
Giardia intestinalis | 21 | 38 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 13 | 8 |
Entamoeba coli | 10 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 5 |
Hymenolepis nana | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Chilomastix mesnili | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Entamoeba dispara | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Trichomonas intestinalis | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Test for G. intestinalis | Positivity Rate | Sensitivity | Specificity | PPV | NPV | |
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N | % | |||||
Stool microscopy | 10 | 18 | 48% | 100% | 100% | 76% |
RDT | 15 | 27 | 62% | 94% | 87% | 81% |
PCR | 21 | 38 | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
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Fofana, H.K.M.; Schwarzkopf, M.; Doumbia, M.N.; Saye, R.; Nimmesgern, A.; Landouré, A.; Traoré, M.S.; Mertens, P.; Utzinger, J.; Sacko, M.; et al. Prevalence of Giardia intestinalis Infection in Schistosomiasis-Endemic Areas in South-Central Mali. Trop. Med. Infect. Dis. 2019, 4, 86. https://doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed4020086
Fofana HKM, Schwarzkopf M, Doumbia MN, Saye R, Nimmesgern A, Landouré A, Traoré MS, Mertens P, Utzinger J, Sacko M, et al. Prevalence of Giardia intestinalis Infection in Schistosomiasis-Endemic Areas in South-Central Mali. Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease. 2019; 4(2):86. https://doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed4020086
Chicago/Turabian StyleFofana, Hassan K.M., Maren Schwarzkopf, Mama N. Doumbia, Rénion Saye, Anna Nimmesgern, Aly Landouré, Mamadou S. Traoré, Pascal Mertens, Jürg Utzinger, Moussa Sacko, and et al. 2019. "Prevalence of Giardia intestinalis Infection in Schistosomiasis-Endemic Areas in South-Central Mali" Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease 4, no. 2: 86. https://doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed4020086