Type 2 diabetes mellitus and increased risk for malaria infection

Emerg Infect Dis. 2010 Oct;16(10):1601-4. doi: 10.3201/eid1610.100399.

Abstract

A case-control study of 1,466 urban adults in Ghana found that patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus had a 46% increased risk for infection with Plasmodium falciparum. Increase in diabetes mellitus prevalence may put more persons at risk for malaria infection.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Case-Control Studies
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / complications*
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / epidemiology*
  • Female
  • Ghana / epidemiology
  • Humans
  • Hypertension / complications
  • Hypertension / epidemiology
  • Malaria, Falciparum / diagnosis
  • Malaria, Falciparum / epidemiology*
  • Malaria, Falciparum / parasitology
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Plasmodium falciparum / genetics
  • Plasmodium falciparum / isolation & purification*
  • Prevalence
  • Risk
  • Young Adult