Incidence of malaria and typhoid fever co-infection among patients attending Rimingado Comprehensive Healthcare Centre, Kano State, Nigeria.

Abstract

The research was carried out to determine the incidence of malaria-typhoid co-infection among patients attending Rimingado comprehensive healthcare centre, Kano state, Nigeria. Patients’ bio- data were obtained through structured questionnaire and diagnosis was done using venous blood sample obtained from the participants. Rapid diagnostic test was used for analysis of malaria parasites while widal test was used for the analysis of enteric fever. Of the 150 patients enrolled for the study (85 females and 65 males), 60 (40.0%) had malaria and typhoid fever co-infection (P<0.05). The incidence of malaria-typhoid co-infection was highest among those in the age group range between 11-20 years (12.0%). However, with regard to the marital status, those that were single had the highest incidence of coinfection (27.3%) than the married. Poor sanitary habits, poverty and ignorance are the predisposing factors for the development of malaria and typhoid infections.