Malaria and Typhoid Fever Coinfection among Febrile Patients in Ngaoundéré (Adamawa, Cameroon): A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 6

Prevalence (frequency in percentage (N)) of malaria, typhoid fever, and coinfection in relation to medical history.

Treatment approach/response		Malaria		value		Typhoid fever		value		Coinfection		value
		No	Yes			No	Yes			No	Yes
Treatment	No	13.5 (28)	10.6 (22)	0.33	0.95	8.7 (18)	15.4 (32)	0.47	0.53	15.9 (33)	8.2 (17)	0.51	0.43
	Yes	36.5 (76)	39.4 (82)			31.7 (66)	44.2 (92)			53.8 (112)	22.1 (46)
Antimalarial	No	28.4 (59)	28.8 (59)	0.59	1.05	25.0 (52)	32.2 (67)	0.27	2.60	40.4 (84)	16.8 (35)	0.77	0.51
	Yes	21.6 (45)	21.2 (44)			15.4 (32)	27.4 (57)			29.3 (61)	13.5 (28)
Antibiotics	No	47.1 (98)	45.2 (94)	0.30	1.08	35.1 (73)	57.2 (119)	0.02	5.79	63.0 (131)	29.3 (61)	0.11	2.60
	Yes	2.9 (6)	4.8 (6)			5.3 (11)	2.4 (5)			6.7 (14)	1.0 (2)
Traditional medicine	No	49.5 (103)	50.0 (104)	0.32	1.00	40.4 (84)	59.1 (123)	0.41	0.68	69.2 (144)	30.3 (63)	0.51	0.44
	Yes	0.5 (1)	0.0 (0)			0.0 (0)	0.5 (1)			0.5 (1)	0.0 (0)