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Volume 26, Number 2—February 2020
Research

Exposure to Ebola Virus and Risk for Infection with Malaria Parasites, Rural Gabon

Jessica L. AbbateComments to Author , Pierre Becquart, Eric Leroy, Vanessa O. Ezenwa1, and Benjamin Roche1
Author affiliations: Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Unité Mixte de Recherche MIVEGEC, Montpellier, France (J.L. Abbate, P. Becquart, E. Leroy, B. Roche); Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Unité Mixte Internationale UMMISCO, Bondy, France (J.L. Abbate, B. Roche); CIRMF, Franceville, Gabon (E. Leroy); University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA (V.O. Ezenwa); Universidad National Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico (B. Roche)

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Table

Characteristics of population in study of exposure to Ebola virus and risk for malaria parasite infection, rural Gabon*

Variable
 No. (%) sampled
 No. with Plasmodium spp. infection
 No. ZEBOV-specific IgG+
 No. with Plasmodium spp. infection and ZEBOV-specific IgG+
Sex
F 2,058 (52.6) 1,017 277 180
M
 1,854 (47.4)
 1,022
 323
 218
Age, y
16–30 604 (15.4) 343 93 71
31–45 1,062 (27.1) 584 170 117
46–60 1,554 (39.7) 801 234 152
>60
692 (17.7)
 311
 103
 58
Sickle cell genotype
Carrier 811 (20.7) 424 118 83
Not carrier
3,101 (79.3)
 1,615
 482
 315
Loa loa
Infected 863 (22.1) 450 142 92
Not infected
 3,049 (77.9)
 1,589
 458
 306
Mansonella perstans
Infected 391 (10.0) 230 70 48
Not infected
 3,521 (90.0)
 1,809
 530
 350
Education
Less than secondary 2,909 (74.4) 1,478 446 292
More than secondary
 1,003 (25.6)
 561
 154
 106
Occupation
Hunter 425 (10.9) 241 89 59
Not hunter
 3,487 (89.1)
 1,798
 511
 339
Pets
Wild animal 450 (11.5) 263 62 46
No wild animals
 3,462 (88.5)
 1,776
 538
 352
Bat meat consumption
Yes 522 (13.3) 273 92 53
No
3,390 (86.7)
 1,766
 508
 345
Habitat (village)
Forest 3,088 (78.9) 1,727 544 360
Lakeland 412 (10.5) 97 12 6
Savanna
 412 (10.5)
 215
 44
 32
Population density, department level, persons/km2
0.5–2 1,936 (49.5) 995 324 210
2–10 1,379 (35.3) 702 186 124
10–30
597 (15.3)
 342
 90
 64
*ZEBOV, Zaire ebolavirus; +, positive.

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1These senior authors contributed equally to this article.

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