Co-infection between malaria and HIV has major public health implications. The aims\nof this study were to assess the malaria prevalence and to identify predictors of positivity to\nmalaria Test in HIV positive patients admitted to the health center São Lucas of Beira, Mozambique.\nA retrospective cross-sectional study was performed from January 2016 to December 2016. Overall,\n701 adult HIV patients were enrolled, positivity to malaria test was found in 232 (33.0%). These\npatients were found to be more frequently unemployed (76.3%), aged under 40 (72.0%), with a HIV\npositive partner (22.4%) and with a CD4 cell count <200 (59.9%). The following variables were\npredictors of malaria: age under 40 (O.R. = 1.56; 95%CI: 1.22â??2.08), being unemployed (O.R. = 1.74;\n95%CI: 1.24â??2.21), irregularity of cotrimoxazole prophylaxisâ??s (O.R. = 1.42; 95%CI: 1.10â??1.78), CD4 cell\ncount <200 (O.R. = 2.01; 95%CI: 1.42â??2.32) and tuberculosis comorbidity (O.R. = 1.58; 95%CI: 1.17â??2.79).\nIn conclusion, high malaria prevalence was found in HIV patients accessing the out-patients centre\nof São Lucas of Beira. Our findings allowed us to identify the profile of HIV patients needing more\nmedical attention: young adults, unemployed, with a low CD4 cell count and irregularly accessing to\nART and cotrimoxazole prophylaxis.
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