Prevalence of malaria, typhoid, toxoplasmosis and rubella among febrile children in Cameroon

BMC Infectious Diseases

Table 5 Odds ratio with 95 % confidence intervals for risk factors associated with P. falciparum infection in febrile children

Variable	Group	Crude Odds Ratio (95 % CI)	P-value
Type of housing	Completed modern house	Referent
	Uncompleted modern house	0.615 (0.347–1.078)	0.072
	Poorly constructed house with blocks	0.636 (0.147–1.624)	0.239
	Poorly constructed house with local materials like planks	0.261 (0.028–1.205)	0.064
Slept under an ITN the previous night?	Yes	referent
Slept under an ITN the previous night?	No	0.770 (0.460–1.290)	0.029

Data from 221 febrile children that were positive for malaria by PCR was used. Other Plasmodium species (P.ovale and P.malariae) mostly occurred as co-infections with P. falciparum. ITN = Insecticide treated bednet, CI = Confidence interval

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