Malaria determining risk factors at the household level in two rural villages of mainland Equatorial Guinea

Malaria Journal
Mónica GuerraAna Paula Arez

Abstract

After the introduction of an artemisinin-based combination therapy, the reduction of prevalence of malaria infections has shown a remarkable progress during the last decade. However due to the lack of a consistent malaria control programme and socioeconomic inequalities, Plasmodium infection is still one of the major cause of disease in Equatorial Guinea, namely in the rural communities. This study explored the associated risk factors of malaria transmission at the microeconomic level (households) in two rural villages of mainland Equatorial Guinea. This survey involved 232 individuals living in 69 households located in two rural villages, Ngonamanga and Miyobo, of coastal and interior of Equatorial Guinea, respectively. Malaria prevalence was measured by PCR and parasitaemia level by optical microscopy; household socioeconomic status (SES) was measured based on house characteristics using a 2-step cluster analysis. Logistic regression analysis was performed to investigate the relationship of a diverse set of independent variables on being diagnosed with malaria and on showing high levels of parasitaemia. The prevalence of Plasmodium spp. infection was 69%, with 80% of households having at least one parasitaemic member. The maj...Continue Reading

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Methods Mentioned

BETA
optical microscopy
PCR

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SPSS Statistics
BIMCP

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