Cross-sectional prevalence and pattern of non-anaemia severe malaria among 2-10 year olds in Sokoto in Northwestern Nigeria

Malaria is highly prevalent in Nigeria and accounts for approximately 40% of global malaria mortality. However, most reports on severe malaria in Nigeria are from hospital-based studies without accurate information from communities; thus, malaria-related deaths in the community are left untracked. T...

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Veröffentlicht in:Frontiers of medicine 2022-12, Vol.16 (6), p.969-974
Hauptverfasser: Nakakana, Usman Nasir, Muhammad Jega, Ridwan, Nauzo, Aliyu Mamman, Mohammed, Yahya, Ahmed, Ismaila Mohammed
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Zusammenfassung:Malaria is highly prevalent in Nigeria and accounts for approximately 40% of global malaria mortality. However, most reports on severe malaria in Nigeria are from hospital-based studies without accurate information from communities; thus, malaria-related deaths in the community are left untracked. This study aimed to describe the prevalence and pattern of severe malaria in a community in Northwestern Nigeria. A cross-sectional study was conducted among 2-10-year-old children in Sokoto, in August and December 2016, to determine the endemicity of malaria based on Plasmodium falciparum prevalence rate (PfPR2-10) and to describe the disease pattern. Severe malaria was diagnosed according to the World Health Organisation criteria. Data were described using Stata version 15. The prevalence of non-anaemia severe malaria was higher than expected (2.6 %), considering the endemicity pattern which was mesoendemic based on a PfPR2-10 of 34.8 %. The mean age of children with severe malaria was 3.73 years, and the male-female ratio was 2:1. However, 54.0 % of the patients had hyperparasitaemia. A relatively high prevalence of non-anaemia severe malaria was found in Wamakko. This finding suggests the need to identify and treat cases in the community using modifications of current strategies, particularly seasonal malaria chemoprophylaxis.
ISSN:2095-0217
2095-0225
DOI:10.1007/s11684-021-0912-z