Malaria morbidity survey in schoolchildren in age group 5-15 years in an urban area
Khan, M.M.; Kareem, M.A.
Indian Journal of Malariology 29(1): 63-64
1992
ISSN/ISBN: 0367-8326 PMID: 1459301 Document Number: 397907
A total of 291 schoolchildren (140 boys and 151 girls aged 5-15 years) were screened for malaria in Hyderabad city, Andhra Pradesh, India. Twenty-two of the 291 were positive for malaria (20 due to Plasmodium vivax and 2 to P. falciparum). Seventy-two of the children (including 14 of those with a laboratory diagnosis of malaria) had a history of pyrexia in the 2 weeks preceding the enquiry. The 2 P. falciparum cases were 5 years of age and had no history of pyrexia, which it is thought would permit the persistence and spread of infection in the community. 101 (34.7%) patients were anaemic.