Prevalence of dengue virus infection and malaria parasitemia among febrile patients attending the University of Jos health clinic, Plateau State, Nigeria. | ||
| Microbes and Infectious Diseases | ||
| Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 21 September 2024 | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/mid.2024.303154.2067 | ||
| Authors | ||
| RAMNAN SELVYAT KATNAP* 1; Happiness Ogechi Nsor1; Ahmed Mark Dangari2; Jude Yunzoom Nkup1; Nantip Miri3; Isaac Joseph Gwan4; Yossy Maklu5; Patricia Manko Lar1; Hashimu Zakari1 | ||
| 1Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Jos, Jos, Nigeria | ||
| 2Department of Microbiology, Federal University Dutsin-Ma, Kasina State, Nigeria | ||
| 3Institute of Human Virology, Abuja, Nigeria | ||
| 4Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science and Computing, Karl Kumm University Vom, Plateau State, Nigeria | ||
| 5Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Plateau State University, Bokkos, Nigeria | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: Malaria and dengue are mosquitoe –borne diseases important in the tropical and subtropical regions with overlapping epidemiology and symptoms that cannot be differentiated on clinical ground alone. Aim: to detect malaria and dengue among febrile patients attending the University of Jos Health Clinic. Methods: Blood samples were collected from a total of 86 febrile patients; ELISA IgM was employed for the detection of recent or active dengue infection, while malaria parasitamiae was tested by MALARIA ANTIGEN P.F TEST KIT. Results:The study demonstrated a significant higher prevalence of Malaria (72.1%) than dengue (17.4%) at P-value of 0.001. Only 4 (4.7%) out of the 86 participants tested positive for both malaria and dengue. None of the sociodemographic parameters was a determinant of malaria, but socioeconomic status had showed that student and the self-employed have significant higher dengue infection than the employed (P-value 0.036). Presence of stagnant water in the environment and none fumigation of the environment were identified as risk factors of malaria at P-values of 0.040 and 0.006 respectively, on the other hand often travel to rural areas was established as dengue risk factor at P-value of 0.019. Conclusion: overall, the study did not only establish the presence of dengue and malaria among the study subjects, but also demonstrated the evidence of malaria and dengue co-infection which is often considered malaria mono-infection, these findings suggest that routine dengue virus diagnosis among febrile patient in the tropical and subtropical climate should be a priority. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| dengue virus; febrile patients; malaria; parasitemia; university of Jos | ||
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