The pattern of variation between diarrhoea and malaria coexistence with corresponding risk factors in, Chikhwawa, Malawi : a bivariate multilevel analysis
Masangwi, Salule Joseph and Ferguson, Neil and Grimason, Anthony and Morse, Tracy and Kazembe, Lawrence (2015) The pattern of variation between diarrhoea and malaria coexistence with corresponding risk factors in, Chikhwawa, Malawi : a bivariate multilevel analysis. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 12 (7). pp. 8526-8541. ISSN 1660-4601 (https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph120708526)
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Abstract
Developing countries face a huge burden of infectious diseases, a number of which co-exist. This paper estimates the pattern and variation of malaria and diarrhea coexistence in Chikhwawa, a district in Southern Malawi using bivariate multilevel modelling with Bayesian estimation. A probit link was employed to examine hierarchically built data from a survey of individuals (n = 6,727) nested within households (n = 1,380) nested within communities (n = 33). Results show significant malaria [σ2ul = 0.901 (95% CI : 0.746,1.056) ] and diarrhea [σ2ul = 1.009 (95% CI : 0.860,1.158) ] variations with a strong correlation between them [ru(1,2) = 0.565 ] at household level. There are significant malaria [σ2v1 = 0.053 (95% CI : 0.018,0.088) ] and diarrhea [σ2v2 = 0.099 (95% CI : 0.030,0.168 ] variations at community level but with a small correlation [rv(1,2) = 0.124 ] between them. There is also significant correlation between malaria and diarrhea at individual level [re(1,2) 0.241]. These results suggest a close association between reported malaria-like illness and diarrheal illness especially at household and individual levels in Southern Malawi.
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Masangwi, Salule Joseph, Ferguson, Neil ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3166-2694, Grimason, Anthony, Morse, Tracy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4185-9471 and Kazembe, Lawrence;-
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Item type: Article ID code: 54046 Dates: DateEvent21 July 2015Published14 July 2015AcceptedSubjects: Medicine > Public aspects of medicine > Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine Department: Faculty of Engineering > Civil and Environmental Engineering Depositing user: Pure Administrator Date deposited: 24 Aug 2015 13:30 Last modified: 11 Nov 2024 11:08 Related URLs: URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/54046