Volume : VII, Issue : VIII, August - 2017
Prevalence of Malaria in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Solapur district, Maharashtra.
Kishor V. Ingole, Sapana G. Mundhada, Anu Sharma, Prachala G. Rathod
Abstract :
Malaria is preventable as well as treatable disease still a major public health problem in India.
The present study was aimed to assess the prevalence of malaria infections among patients
with acute undifferentiated fever, presenting to tertiary care center Solapur, Maharashtra
from January 2013 to December 2016. Total 4631 samples were tested with the
RDT ACCUCARE one step malaria Pf/Pv antigen test (LAB–CARE diagnostic PVT.
LTD. India) at Microbiology laboratory following manufacturer’s instructions.
Out of 4631samples, 295(6.37%) were positive for malaria. Plasmodium vivax
was predominant (60.67%) followed by Plasmodium falciparum (30.17%) and mixed
infection by Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium falciparum (9.16%). Maximum number
of cases were reported in month of July to November. Males were affected more as
compared to female. Finding in present study will be helpful for formation of different
policy for prevention and control of malaria which will in turn reduce morbidity and
mortality associated with it.
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DOI : 10.36106/ijar
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Kishor V.Ingole, Sapana G.Mundhada, Anu Sharma, Prachala G.Rathod, Prevalence of Malaria in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Solapur district, Maharashtra., INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume‾7 | Issue‾8 | August‾2017
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Kishor V.Ingole, Sapana G.Mundhada, Anu Sharma, Prachala G.Rathod, Prevalence of Malaria in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Solapur district, Maharashtra., INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume‾7 | Issue‾8 | August‾2017
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