Table 2 Co-infections in patients with Mansonella perstans infections
Total = 503 (100%) n (%) | |
|---|---|
Only Mansonella perstans | 308 (61.2) |
Filarial co-infectiona | 195 (38.8) |
Onchocerca volvulus | 110 (21.9) |
Loa loa | 48 (9.5) |
Mansonella streptocerca | 7 (1.4) |
Loa loa + Onchocerca volvulus | 12 (2.4) |
Onchocerca volvulus + Mansonella streptocerca | 13 (2.6) |
Loa loa + Onchocerca volvulus + Mansonella streptocerca | 3 (0.6) |
Loa loa + Mansonella streptocerca + Wuchereria bancrofti | 1 (0.2) |
All negativeb | 1 (0.2) |
Other helminthic co-infectionsc | 186 (37.0) |
Trichuris trichiura | 74 (14.7) |
Ascaris lumbricoides | 33 (6.6) |
Hookworms | 6 (1.2) |
Strongyloides stercoralis | 5 (1.0) |
Schistosoma spp. | 2 (0.4) |
Trichuris trichiura + Ascaris lumbricoides | 44 (8.7) |
Trichuris trichiura + Hookworms | 8 (1.6) |
Trichuris trichiura + Schistosoma spp. | 1 (0.2) |
Ascaris lumbricoides + Hookworms | 2 (0.4) |
Ascaris lumbricoides + Strongyloides stercoralis | 1 (0.2) |
Trichuris trichiura + Ascaris lumbricoides + Hookworms | 9 (1.8) |
Trichuris trichiura + Ascaris lumbricoides + Strongyloides stercoralis | 1 (0.2) |
M. pertans + Other filarials + Other helminthics co-infection | 73 (14.5) |
Protozoa co-infectionc | 78 (15.5) |
Amebas | 54 (10.7) |
Dientamoeba fragilis | 3 (0.6) |
Giardia lamblia | 17 (3.4) |
Amebas + Giardia lamblia | 4 (0.8) |
Viruses co-infection | 26 (5.2) |
HIV | 26 (5.2) |