Prevalence and Types of Coinfections in Sleeping Sickness Patients in Kenya (2000/2009)

Table 3

Pattern of coinfections in 31 HAT patients in NSSRH, Alupe, Kenya, from 2000 to 2009.

Co-infection	Frequency	Percentage
HAT + malaria + helminth + GIT protozoa	9	0.29
HAT + malaria	8	0.26
HAT + malaria + helminth	4	0.13
HAT + malaria + helminth + GIT protozoa + UTI + typhoid	2	0.06
HAT + malaria + helminth + GIT protozoa + HIV	2	0.06
HAT + malaria + typhoid + UTI	2	0.06
HAT + malaria + TB + HIV	1	0.03
HAT + malaria + HIV + UTI + typhoid	1	0.03
HAT + malaria + helminth + typhoid	1	0.03
HAT + malaria + helminth + GIT protozoa + typhoid	1	0.03

HAT: human African trypanosomiasis, TB: tuberculosis, GIT: Gastro-intestinal, UTI: urinary tract infections, helminth: Ancylostoma duodenale, Strongyloides stercolaris, Taenia spp, protozoa: Trichomonas hominis, Entamoeba spp.