Malaria outbreak investigation in Tanquae Abergelle district, Tigray region of Ethiopia: a case–control study

OBJECTIVE: We investigated this outbreak to describe the magnitude and associated risk factors due to the malaria outbreak in Tanquae Abergelle district, Tigray, Ethiopia, in 2017. RESULT: Case fatality rate of this study was zero. Among the 62 cases and 124 controls, the presence of mosquito breedi...

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Autores principales: Tesfay, Kissanet, Assefa, Belete, Addisu, Alefech
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
Materias:
Research Note
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6778373/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31585549
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13104-019-4680-7
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Sumario:OBJECTIVE: We investigated this outbreak to describe the magnitude and associated risk factors due to the malaria outbreak in Tanquae Abergelle district, Tigray, Ethiopia, in 2017. RESULT: Case fatality rate of this study was zero. Among the 62 cases and 124 controls, the presence of mosquito breeding sites [OR = 6.56 CI (2.09–20.58) P value = 0.001], sleeping outside a home [OR = 5.06 CI (1.75–14.61) P-value = 0.003] and having unscreened window [OR = 14.89 CI (1.87–118.25) P-value = 0.011] were associated with illness in multivariate analysis.

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