Increased prevalence of Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Honduras, Central America
Rev. panam. salud publica
; 4(1): 40-2, July 1998.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MedCarib
| ID: med-16904
Biblioteca responsável:
TT5
Localização: TT5; W1 RE712AW
ABSTRACT
We report on our investigation of a malaria outbreak in Honduras, Central America, in January 1997. We tested 202 patients with fever and chills using thin and thick blood film microscopy. Sixteen patients lived in the city and the rest lived in the rural areas. A total of 95 samples (47 percent) were positive for malaria parasites. Seventy-nine percent (63/80) of the rural patients were infected with Plasmodium vivax and 21 percent (17/80) were infected with P. falciparum. In the urban area, all 15 infected patients had P. vivax malaria and none showed evidence of P. falciparum. Since previous reports inidicate that falciparum malaria accounts for only 2 percent of the overall malaria infections in Honduras, the results reported here suggest that there is a dramatic increase in flaciparum malaria in the area of Honduras investigated in this study (AU)
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Coleções:
Bases de dados internacionais
Contexto em Saúde:
Doenças Negligenciadas
Problema de saúde:
Malária
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Doenças Negligenciadas
Base de dados:
MedCarib
Assunto principal:
Surtos de Doenças
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Estudos Transversais
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Malária Falciparum
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Honduras
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Malária
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo observacional
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Estudo de prevalência
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Fatores de risco
Limite:
Humanos
País/Região como assunto:
América Central
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Honduras
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Rev. panam. salud publica
Ano de publicação:
1998
Tipo de documento:
Artigo