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Akinnusi, OO, Bello, AJ, Adeleye, IA and Nutor, JJ (2022) Evaluation of HIV infection in febrile patients visiting health centers in Lagos, Nigeria. BMC Research Notes, 15 (1).
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Abstract
Objective Acute febrile infections compatible with malaria are the most prevalent presentation at sub-Saharan African health clinics, accounting for 30–50% of outpatient visits. Acute human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection can mimic acute malaria symptoms. As a result, screening people with malaria symptoms for HIV infection is critical. The goal of our study was to find out how common HIV infection was among feverish patients. Results Out of the 310 individuals screened, 9 (3.0%) had HIV-1 infection, with 5 (55.5%) being females and 4 (44.4%) being males. This study found no evidence of HIV-2 infection or HIV-1/HIV-2 co-infection. HIV infection was found in 1–3% of patients with probable malaria at different sites in Lagos, Nigeria.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Malaria; Sub-Sahara Africa; Prevalence; Hospital; Humans; HIV Infections; Malaria; Fever; Prevalence; Cross-Sectional Studies; Nigeria; Female; Male; Hospital; Malaria; Prevalence; Sub-Sahara Africa; Cross-Sectional Studies; Female; Fever; HIV Infections; Humans; Malaria; Male; Nigeria; Prevalence; Health Services; Vector-Borne Diseases; HIV/AIDS; Sexually Transmitted Infections; Rare Diseases; Malaria; Infectious Diseases; Prevention; Clinical Research; Infection; 3 Good Health and Well Being; Cross-Sectional Studies; Female; Fever; HIV Infections; Humans; Malaria; Male; Nigeria; Prevalence; 0601 Biochemistry and Cell Biology; 1199 Other Medical and Health Sciences; Bioinformatics |
| Subjects: | R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine R Medicine > RS Pharmacy and materia medica |
| Divisions: | Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences |
| Publisher: | BioMed Central |
| SWORD Depositor: | A Symplectic |
| Date Deposited: | 29 Nov 2024 16:52 |
| Last Modified: | 29 Nov 2024 17:00 |
| DOI or ID number: | 10.1186/s13104-022-05961-0 |
| URI: | https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/24949 |
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