Emerging Plasmodium falciparum in an endemic area in Calcutta.
dc.contributor.author | Mandal, B | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Mitra, N K | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Mukhopadhyay, A K | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Mukherjee, H | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Hati, A K | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 1998-11-28 | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2009-05-31T09:21:35Z | |
dc.date.available | 1998-11-28 | en_US |
dc.date.available | 2009-05-31T09:21:35Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1998-11-28 | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | Calcutta is now intensely malarious. Malarial infections are detected in every month. In an endemic area in central Calcutta a year-long study from August 1996 to July 1997 reveals that 31.47% of all cases are due to Plasmodium falciparum infection. A competition is going on between P vivax and P falciparum to gain upperhand. An equilibrium is there in the month of January (1997), when P vivax and P falciparum cases constitute 51.13% and 49.43% respectively. The highest and lowest percentage of P falciparum infection is in December 1996 (67.98%) and in May 1997 (0.89%) which is just reverse in the case of P vivax in December 1996 (33.60%) and in May 1997 (99.10%). Three imported cases of P malariae have been detected but the patients cannot be traced. Six cases of mixed infections have been found. | en_US |
dc.description.affiliation | ESI Hospital, Calcutta. | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Mandal B, Mitra NK, Mukhopadhyay AK, Mukherjee H, Hati AK. Emerging Plasmodium falciparum in an endemic area in Calcutta. Journal of the Indian Medical Association. 1998 Nov; 96(11): 328-9 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/98503 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
dc.source.uri | https://www.jimaonline.org.in/ | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Animals | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Endemic Diseases --statistics & numerical data | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Female | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Humans | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Incidence | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | India --epidemiology | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Malaria, Falciparum --diagnosis | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Malaria, Vivax --blood | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Male | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Mass Screening | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Plasmodium falciparum --isolation & purification | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Plasmodium vivax --isolation & purification | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Risk Factors | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Seasons | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Urban Population | en_US |
dc.title | Emerging Plasmodium falciparum in an endemic area in Calcutta. | en_US |
dc.type | Journal Article | en_US |
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