Incidence of malaria in medical wards at D.S.G.H.During 1976

ABSTRACT

Incidence of malaria in Medical Wards, D.S.G.H. has been studied during the year 1976. 1034 cases were M.P. Positive out which 70.78 per cent were P. falciparum, 27.98 per cent P. vivax and 1.27 per cent mixed F & V. Thirty four Falciparum cases had complications and 5 died. One case of vivax presented with coma and the other with features of acute intravascular haemolysis.There is seasonal variation in incidence of malaria and regarding geographical distribution it is found wide-spread throughout Burma.