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Prevalence of Malaria and COVID-19 Infection in Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State, Nigeria

INTRODUCTION: The prevalence of malaria and coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is highly devastating and has led to a serious public health challenge worldwide. In order to ensure proper control and elimination, the State Ministry of Health (MoH) Ondo State, Nigeria conducted medical examinations in Iju...

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Autores principales: Simon-Oke, Iyabo Adepeju, Awosolu, Oluwaseun Bunmi, Odeyemi, Olatunji
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Publicado: Hindawi 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9836811/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36643715
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2023/9529563
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Awosolu, Oluwaseun Bunmi
Odeyemi, Olatunji
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description INTRODUCTION: The prevalence of malaria and coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is highly devastating and has led to a serious public health challenge worldwide. In order to ensure proper control and elimination, the State Ministry of Health (MoH) Ondo State, Nigeria conducted medical examinations in Iju/Itaogbolu, Igoba, and Ogbese Health centers to identify and confirm cases of COVID-19 and malaria infection. This study provides the outcome of the epidemiological investigation of the prevalence of COVID-19 and malaria in Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State, Nigeria. METHOD: The study was a hospital-based secondary data analysis comprising of 11,389 and 682 individuals who visited various health centers in Akure North Local Government Area (LGA) for medical examinations on malaria and COVID-19, respectively. The COVID-19 cases were investigated using the fluid sample collected with a nasal swab or a throat swab, or spit of saliva into a tube and confirmed by real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). The Plasmodium falciparum histidine-rich protein 2 (PfHRP2) RDT was employed to detect the P.falciparum antigen among participants' blood samples. RESULTS: The total prevalence of malaria and COVID-19 were 67.6% and 12.4%, respectively. Meanwhile, the month of September recorded the highest malaria prevalence of 81.8% while the month of April recorded the least malaria prevalence of 56.4%. Similarly, the highest case of COVID-19 (18.8%) was recorded in the month of November while the least case (2.4%) was recorded in the month of April (p < 0.05). The age range of 12-59 months had the highest malaria prevalence of 74.9% while 0-24 days age range recorded the least prevalence of 15.2% (p > 0.05). Apparently, the children were more infected with malaria parasites while adults were more infected with COVID-19. CONCLUSION: Conclusively, malaria and COVID-19 infections were prevalent in the study area. Thus, the people should be enlightened on the deadly risk of malaria and COVID-19 through the health workers, social media, and the community leaders to ensure compliance with appropriate preventive measures.
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spelling pubmed-98368112023-01-13 Prevalence of Malaria and COVID-19 Infection in Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State, Nigeria Simon-Oke, Iyabo Adepeju Awosolu, Oluwaseun Bunmi Odeyemi, Olatunji J Parasitol Res Research Article INTRODUCTION: The prevalence of malaria and coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is highly devastating and has led to a serious public health challenge worldwide. In order to ensure proper control and elimination, the State Ministry of Health (MoH) Ondo State, Nigeria conducted medical examinations in Iju/Itaogbolu, Igoba, and Ogbese Health centers to identify and confirm cases of COVID-19 and malaria infection. This study provides the outcome of the epidemiological investigation of the prevalence of COVID-19 and malaria in Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State, Nigeria. METHOD: The study was a hospital-based secondary data analysis comprising of 11,389 and 682 individuals who visited various health centers in Akure North Local Government Area (LGA) for medical examinations on malaria and COVID-19, respectively. The COVID-19 cases were investigated using the fluid sample collected with a nasal swab or a throat swab, or spit of saliva into a tube and confirmed by real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). The Plasmodium falciparum histidine-rich protein 2 (PfHRP2) RDT was employed to detect the P.falciparum antigen among participants' blood samples. RESULTS: The total prevalence of malaria and COVID-19 were 67.6% and 12.4%, respectively. Meanwhile, the month of September recorded the highest malaria prevalence of 81.8% while the month of April recorded the least malaria prevalence of 56.4%. Similarly, the highest case of COVID-19 (18.8%) was recorded in the month of November while the least case (2.4%) was recorded in the month of April (p < 0.05). The age range of 12-59 months had the highest malaria prevalence of 74.9% while 0-24 days age range recorded the least prevalence of 15.2% (p > 0.05). Apparently, the children were more infected with malaria parasites while adults were more infected with COVID-19. CONCLUSION: Conclusively, malaria and COVID-19 infections were prevalent in the study area. Thus, the people should be enlightened on the deadly risk of malaria and COVID-19 through the health workers, social media, and the community leaders to ensure compliance with appropriate preventive measures. Hindawi 2023-01-05 /pmc/articles/PMC9836811/ /pubmed/36643715 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2023/9529563 Text en Copyright © 2023 Iyabo Adepeju Simon-Oke et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_full Prevalence of Malaria and COVID-19 Infection in Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State, Nigeria
title_fullStr Prevalence of Malaria and COVID-19 Infection in Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State, Nigeria
title_full_unstemmed Prevalence of Malaria and COVID-19 Infection in Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State, Nigeria
title_short Prevalence of Malaria and COVID-19 Infection in Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State, Nigeria
title_sort prevalence of malaria and covid-19 infection in akure north local government area of ondo state, nigeria
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9836811/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36643715
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2023/9529563
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