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The relationship between malaria and HIV
S A Tswana1, L Nystrom, S R Moyo
1Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Zimbabwe Medical School, Avondale, Harare.
The Central African Journal of Medicine
|August 13, 1999
Abstract
Objective:
To determine if there is an association between HIV and malaria infection.
Design:
A cross sectional survey.
Setting:
Sanyati Rural District, a malarious endemic area of Zimbabwe.
Subjects:
338 volunteers aged 15 months to 76 years.
Main Outcome Measures:
Prevalence of Malaria and HIV.
Results:
The prevalence of malaria and HIV was 26.6% and 26.3% respectively. There was no association between prevalence of HIV and malaria.
Conclusion:
There is no association between malaria and HIV.