A preliminary study on urban malaria during the minor transmission season: The case of Adama City, Oromia, Ethiopia.
Adama city
Minor transmission
P. falciparum
P. vivax
Urban malaria
Journal
Parasite epidemiology and control
ISSN: 2405-6731
Titre abrégé: Parasite Epidemiol Control
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 101687137
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Nov 2020
Nov 2020
Historique:
received:
04
04
2020
revised:
26
07
2020
accepted:
16
08
2020
entrez:
14
9
2020
pubmed:
15
9
2020
medline:
15
9
2020
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
The distribution of malaria shows considerable spatial heterogeneity globally, regionally and locally. For the design of effective malaria control and elimination, and for its implementation in Ethiopia, urban malaria should be given due attention. Therefore, the present study was aimed to examine the status of urban malaria during the minor transmission season in Adama city. A total of 2590 febrile patients were screened using the gold standard microscopy-based blood test for malaria diagnosis from seven purposively selected health facilities found in Adama City from April to July 2018. Socio-demographic data were collected from malaria positive patients to correlate predisposing factors; like previous malaria history, settlement, travel history, age, and other associated risk factors with malaria incidence. Climatological data, such as temperature and relative humidity, recorded during the study period were also collected from the data base of Adama meteorology center for analysis. The microscopic data indicated that from a total of 2590 febrile patients screened for malaria during the study period 3.7% (97/2590) of them were confirmed malaria positive. Adolescents and adults (≥15 years of age) were found to be most affected by
Identifiants
pubmed: 32923702
doi: 10.1016/j.parepi.2020.e00175
pii: S2405-6731(20)30044-1
pii: e00175
pmc: PMC7473993
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
e00175Informations de copyright
© 2020 The Authors.
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