[Urban and rural malaria in Niger. The case of the Department of Maradi]. / Paludisme urbain et rural au Niger. Le cas du département de Maradi.
Bull Soc Pathol Exot Filiales
; 79(5 Pt 2): 695-706, 1986.
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ABSTRACT
In Niger, two communities, a urban one (Maradi) and a rural one (Tarna), living in a same malarious Soudano-Sahelian climatic area, were compared during wet and dry seasons by different methods (spleen rate, parasite rate, parasite count, level of immunity). During wet and dry season, spleen rates (0.7% and 2.6%) and parasite rates (1% and 1.6%) are considerably lower at Maradi than those observed at Tarna (spleen rates 38% and 42%; parasites rates 10% and 22.5%). It is shown that seroconversion occurs later in urban sector (100% between 20 and 29 year age) than in rural sector (100% between 10 and 15 year age). All malarious indicators were negative in a high percentage of Maradi-born children under 9 (79% during wet season and 81% during dry season) against respectively 28% and 31% at Tarna. Better paludometric index in urban community is a favourable sanitary indication. But epidemiological control must be prosecuted since the number of non-immune subjects is increased.
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01-internacional
Contexto em Saúde:
2_ODS3
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3_ND
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Malária
Limite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Child
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Male
País/Região como assunto:
Africa
Idioma:
Fr
Revista:
Bull Soc Pathol Exot Filiales
Ano de publicação:
1986
Tipo de documento:
Article