Malaria in Assam: A Challenge

RESEARCH QUESTION: What is the trend of malaria and proportion of Plasmodium falciparum infections amongst troops of the Army units deployed in Assam over the last 5 years? STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective cross -sectional descriptive study. Setting: Army units deployed in the state of Assam over the las...

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Autores principales: Pardal, Maninder Pal Singh, Bhalwar, Rajvir, Mehta, Vijay Kumar, Mahendraker, Ajay, Mehta, Ashwini Kumar
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2781136/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19966952
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-0218.51225
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Sumario:RESEARCH QUESTION: What is the trend of malaria and proportion of Plasmodium falciparum infections amongst troops of the Army units deployed in Assam over the last 5 years? STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective cross -sectional descriptive study. Setting: Army units deployed in the state of Assam over the last 5 years. PARTICIPANTS: Population of army units deployed in the state of Assam over the last 5 years. STATISTICAL ANALYSIS: Percentage, Chi square. RESULTS: Malaria contributed to 3.60% to 7% of all hospital admissions over the period of 5 years. The overall malaria incidence showed a significantly increasing trend during the study period. (Chi square for linear trend = 5.19; P = 0.023). Out of these, P falciparum contributed 86% to 98%. The proportion of P falciparum infections showed a significantly increasing trend from 2005 to 2006. (Yate's corrected Chi square = 7.123; P = 0.008).

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