Emerging Plasmodium falciparum in an endemic area in Calcutta.
J Indian Med Assoc
;
1998 Nov; 96(11): 328-9
Article
in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-98503
ABSTRACT
Calcutta is now intensely malarious. Malarial infections are detected in every month. In an endemic area in central Calcutta a year-long study from August 1996 to July 1997 reveals that 31.47% of all cases are due to Plasmodium falciparum infection. A competition is going on between P vivax and P falciparum to gain upperhand. An equilibrium is there in the month of January (1997), when P vivax and P falciparum cases constitute 51.13% and 49.43% respectively. The highest and lowest percentage of P falciparum infection is in December 1996 (67.98%) and in May 1997 (0.89%) which is just reverse in the case of P vivax in December 1996 (33.60%) and in May 1997 (99.10%). Three imported cases of P malariae have been detected but the patients cannot be traced. Six cases of mixed infections have been found.
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IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Main subject:
Plasmodium falciparum
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Plasmodium vivax
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Seasons
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Urban Population
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Mass Screening
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Incidence
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Risk Factors
Type of study:
Etiology study
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Incidence study
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Prognostic study
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Risk factors
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Screening study
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
J Indian Med Assoc
Year:
1998
Type:
Article
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