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BMC Public Health. 11 April 2013; Volume 13 (Issue 1); DOI:10.1186/1471-2458-13-332
van den Bogaart E, Berkhout MMZ, Nour AB, Mens PF, Talha AA, et al.
BMC Public Health. 11 April 2013; Volume 13 (Issue 1); DOI:10.1186/1471-2458-13-332
In areas where visceral leishmaniasis (VL) and malaria are co-endemic, co-infections are common. Clinical implications range from potential diagnostic delay to increased disease-related morbidity, as compared to VL patients. Nevertheless, public awareness of the disease remains limited. In VL-endemic areas with unstable and seasonal malaria, vulnerability to the disease persists through all age-groups, suggesting that in these populations, malaria may easily co-occur with VL, with potentially severe clinical effects.
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PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 10 April 2012; Volume 6 (Issue 4); DOI:10.1371/journal.pntd.0001617
van den Bogaart E, Berkhout MMZ, Adams ER, Mens PF, Sentongo E, et al.
PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 10 April 2012; Volume 6 (Issue 4); DOI:10.1371/journal.pntd.0001617
Due to geographic overlap of malaria and visceral leishmaniasis (VL), co-infections may exist but have been poorly investigated. To describe prevalence, features and risk factors for VL-malaria co-infections, a case-control analysis was conducted on data collected at Amudat Hospital, Uganda (2000-2006) by Médecins sans Frontières. Cases were identified as patients with laboratory-confirmed VL and malaria at hospital admission or during hospitalization; controls were VL patients with negative malaria smears. A logistic regression analysis was performed to study the association between patients' characteristics and the occurrence of the co-infection.