The Effect of Malaria/HIV/TB Triple Infection on Malaria Parasitaemia, Haemoglobin Levels, CD4+ Cell and Acid Fast Bacilli Counts in the South West Region of Cameroon

Malaria, Tuberculosis (TB) and Human Immune deficiency virus/ Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS) are 3 of the world’s most common and serious infectious diseases that underline development in low and middleincome countries [1,2]. These infections are not only associated with poverty, but also occur in the same geographic zone and have major public health implications [3]. These three infections together claimed 5-7 million lives in 2001 [4]; annually, approximately 5 million People die every year of these illnesses with humanitarian, economic and social impact which is still not fully measured [5].