INCIDENCE OF MALARIA-TYPHOID CO-INFECTION AMONG PATIENTS ATTENDING GOMBE STATE UNIVERSITY CLINIC

Abstract

Malaria is one of the febrile illness and the most common fatal disease in the world caused by
one or more species of plasmodium parasites. Both malaria and typhoid fever remain the disease
of major public health importance and cause of morbidity and mortality in tropical Africa.. This
study aimed to determine the incidence of Malaria and Typhoid fever co-infection amongst
patients attending Gombe State University Clinic. Five milliliter of venous blood samples were
collected from five hundred (500) febrile patients within the age group of 1-70 years old.The
results obtained showed an overall incidences of malaria, typhoid and co-infection of 440(88%),
380(76%) and 380 (76%), respectively. Gender-based incidence confirmed higher co-infection in
male with 200(80%) cases compared to female with 180 (72%) cases. In terms of age group, coinfection
was higher amongst patients within the ages of 21-30 years with 60.5% followed by
those in the age group of 11-20 years with 21.1%. In conclusion, high prevalence of malariatyphoid
fever co-infection was found amongst the febrile patients by this study.