Epidemiological characteristics of asymptomatic malaria situation in a high malarial endemic and remote commune
- Author:
Nguyen Minh Son
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
malaria
- MeSH:
epidemiology;
malaria;
diagnosis
- From:Journal of Medical Research
2003;25(5):86-91
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
The incidence of asymptomatic malaria, non fever parasite carriers was 86.6% of total parasite carries. This incidence increased with the age and fluctuated between 84.6% and 95.5%. Among asymtomatic malaria patients, gametocyte carriers accounted for 68.5% of total gametocyte carrier number and increased with age in the 2-9 old age group, and in this group the rate of splenomegaly is higher than that of other age groups. Malarial antibody mean value in malarial asymtomatic patients proportional directly with the age and inversely proportional with parasite density. There was an association between risk factors and the asymptomatic malarial rate (OR = 2.4 and 3.0) with p<0.001.
