Demography, maternal health and the epidemiology of malaria and other major infectious diseases in the rural department Tsamba-Magotsi, Ngounie Province, in central African Gabon

Table 1 Distribution of infectious diseases in pregnant women 2010–2011(no malaria)

Pathogen	Number of cases	Positive cases	%	95% CI	Method
HIV	550	34	6.2	4.2–8.2	rapid test
HBV	506	37	7.3	5.0–9.6	rapid test
T. pallidum	518	13	2.5	1.1–3.4	rapid test
S. haematobium	591	40	6.8	4.9–9.1	Urine microscopy
Microfilaria	144	32	22.2	15.3–29.1	blood smear
Microfilaria	56	25	44.6	31.3–58.5	leuco-concentration

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