Distribution of malarial parasites: effect of gender of construction workers.
Indian J Med Sci
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1997 Mar; 51(3): 89-92
Article
in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-67477
ABSTRACT
The city of Mangalore in South India was having increasing number of malaria cases from 1990. Concerned over the import of cases through migrant construction workers, a screening was done among them using clinical and parasitological methods. This demonstrated 6.28% slide positivity rate with statistically insignificant difference in prevalence of infection between males and females. There were many asymptomatic individuals reporting positive only on peripheral smear examination. Yet, clinical symptoms like fever were found to have good predictive value on logistic regression. It was more so with the P. falciparum which is a relatively new entrant to Mangalore.
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IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Main subject:
Transients and Migrants
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Logistic Models
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Child
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Child, Preschool
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Incidence
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Cross-Sectional Studies
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Data Collection
Type of study:
Etiology study
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Incidence study
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Observational study
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Prevalence study
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Prognostic study
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Risk factors
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
Indian J Med Sci
Year:
1997
Type:
Article
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