Pattern of Malaria Infections at Tertiary Care Hospital of Haldwani (Nainital) Uttarakhand - A Hospital Based Retrospective Study
Journal Title: International Journal of Medical Science and Innovative Research (IJMSIR) - Year 2018, Vol 3, Issue 5
Abstract
Malaria is a serious vector-borne parasitic infection caused by protozoan parasites of the genus Plasmodium. It is worldwide in distribution and continues to be a major public health problem. It is still one of the important causes of morbidity and mortality in India. Plasmodium falciparum was considered to be the main cause of complicated malaria, but now severe clinical consequences resulting from vivax malaria have been reported. The present retrospective study was undertaken to determine the prevalence of malarial parasites in a tertiary care hospital in Kumaun region, Uttarakhand. This was carried out at Dr. Susheela Tiwari Government Hospital, Haldwani during last 2 years (January 2015 to December 2016). 13696 fever cases suspected for malaria were diagnosed by rapid diagnostic test and peripheral blood smear examination. Among those, 291 (2.12%) showed positivity for malaria. Males 179 (61.5%) outnumbered females 112 (38.4%) and maximum number of cases were within the age group of 11-20 years. The majority of the patients were reported to be positive in the months of July to October. Plasmodium vivax was the major parasite type 271(93.12%) followed by mixed malarial infection 17(5.84%), P. falciparum 3(1.03%) and most of them received combination therapy. No deaths were reported in this study. There is high prevalence of P.vivax as compared to P. falciparum infections. The maximum number of cases was reported in month of August to October which concludes that malaria has its peak incidence during rainy season. Awareness, availability of treatment, control measurements help to decrease prevalence of malaria.
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Dr. Umesh
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