The Burden of Malaria Incidence in Subaim, East Halmahera, North Maluku, Indonesia in 2016

AIM: This study investigated the distribution, characteristics, clinical manifestation and severity of Malaria in East Halmahera, North Maluku. METHODS: A retrospective and an observational method were used in this study. Data were obtained through analysing medical records of malaria patients from...

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Autores principales: Lusiyana, Novyan, Agustin, Anggia Fitria, Sa’ad, Asril Abdul
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Republic of Macedonia 2019
Materias:
Tropical and Infectious Diseases Control and Management
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6980798/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32002062
http://dx.doi.org/10.3889/oamjms.2019.434
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Sumario:AIM: This study investigated the distribution, characteristics, clinical manifestation and severity of Malaria in East Halmahera, North Maluku. METHODS: A retrospective and an observational method were used in this study. Data were obtained through analysing medical records of malaria patients from January to December 2016. RESULTS: There were 89 malaria patients enrolled in the study. The cases infected by P. vivax only were 75 cases (84.3%), by P. falciparum only (7, 7.8%), and by both infections (7, 7.8%). The incidence of malaria was higher in July and August 2016 in Cemara Jaya district (18, 20.2%) and Baturaja district (17, 19.1%). While severe malaria was higher in children (4, 28.6%) and pregnant women 2 (100%) by P. vivax infection. CONCLUSION: Plasmodium vivax infection was higher than P. falciparum. Severe P. vivax infection was higher than P. falciparum, and most of the cases were in children and pregnant women.

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