Introduction: Parasitic diseases remain a public health problem in Burkina
Faso, as they are in other developing countries. Objective: To describe the
epidemiological, clinical and evolutionary characteristics of parasitosis diagnosed in the infectious diseases department of the Yalgado Ouédraogo University Hospital. Patients and Method: This is a descriptive cross-sectional
study with retrospective data collection during the period from January 1,
2010 to August 31, 2022. Results: From January 1, 2010 to August 31, 2022, a
total of 2829 patients were admitted to the infectious diseases department of
the Yalgado Ouédraogo University Hospital in Ouagadougou. Among them,
624 patients suffered from parasitic pathologies, representing a hospital prevalence of 22%. The patients were predominantly male with a sex ratio of 1.1.
The average age was 34 years ± 11. Most patients (74.7%) lived in the capital
city of Ouagadougou. Ten percent (10%) of the patients with parasitosis were
infected with HIV (PLHIV). Out of a total of 624 cases of parasitosis, protozoosis represented 97%, of which 80% were malaria cases. Clinical signs were dominated by neurological signs, digestive signs and dehydration. Comorbidities were dominated by HIV infection, tuberculosis and digestive candidiasis. Under treatment, the evolution was marked by a lethality of 10%. Conclusion: Protozoosis were the most frequently diagnosed. They were dominated by malaria and opportunistic parasitosis during AIDS. These results argue for a revitalization of voluntary HIV testing and careful management of PLHIV.

Parasitosis Protozoosis Helminthosis