Parasitological aspects of malaria persistence in Koraput district Orissa, India.
No Thumbnail Available
Date
1990-01-01
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
Abstract
A sample survey in 37 villages covering 10,733 people in 1986-87 in the Koraput district, Orissa showed that the malaria prevalence is of a much higher order than that reported by the National Malaria Eradication Programme (annual parasite incidence between 14.3 and 26.8 during 1981-86). Out of 833 positives detected 714 had Plasmodium falciparum, 86 had P. vivax, 12 had P. malariae and 21 had mixed infections. There were 650 asymptomatic parasite carriers and 127 gametocyte carriers. The infant parasite rate was 15.82 per cent and average enlarged spleen (AES) in 2 to 9 yr old children was 1.98. In a year round fever survey in 22 villages, 5520 blood smears were collected and 1364 were found positive for malaria, with 77.3 per cent P. falciparum. In a mass blood survey conducted in a labour camp at an irrigation project, 610 people were examined, and 181 were positive. Nearly 40 per cent of migrants and 22 per cent of locals were positive, P. falciparum being dominant.
Description
Keywords
Citation
Rajagopalan PK, Das PK, Pani SP, Jambulingam P, Mohapatra SS, Gunasekaran K, Das LK. Parasitological aspects of malaria persistence in Koraput district Orissa, India. Indian Journal of Medical Research. 1990 Jan; 91(): 44-51