Magnitude of Maternal Anaemia in Rural Burkina Faso: Contribution of Nutritional Factors and Infectious Diseases

Table 2

Prevalence of infectious diseases among pregnant women in Houndé health district, Burkina Faso.

Type of disease	Sample tested	Positive tests			Prevalence of anaemia among women positives
			%	95% CI
HIV	3,140	51	1.62	1.10–2.06	63.8%
Gonorrhoea	1,699	13	0.77	0.35–1.17	72.7%
Chlamydia	199	14	7.04	3.45–10.61	46.1%
Herpes simplex virus 2	460	104	22.61	18.77–26.44	66.7%
Trichomoniasis	3,019	488	16.16	14.85–17.47	63.9%
Candidiasis	1,748	398	22.77	20.80–24.73	63.0%
Bacterial vaginoses	2,994	558	18.64	17.24–20.03	62.6%
Syphilis TPHA+	3,140	114	3.63	2.97–4.28	64.0%
Syphilis TPHA/RPR+	3,140	22	1.82	1.06–2.57	63.3%
Malaria	3,043	141	4.63	3.88–5.38	69.7%
Helminthiases	2,842	594	20.9	19.40–22.39	62.2%