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Malaria epidemiology in the province of Moyen Ogoov, Gabon.
Wildling, E; Winkler, S; Kremsner, P G; Brandts, C; Jenne, L; Wernsdorfer, W H.
Afiliação
  • Wildling E; International Research Laboratory, Albert-Schweitzer-Hospital, Lambaréné, Gabon.
Trop Med Parasitol ; 46(2): 77-82, 1995 Jun.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-8525289
ABSTRACT
In the course of epidemiological and immunological baseline studies parasitological surveys were conducted, in 1992, in three localities situated in our near rain forest in the area of Lambaréné, Gabon, western Central Africa. Anopheles gambiae s.s. and A. funestus are considered to be the main vectors of malaria. The three localities represent strata with obvious differences in the intensity of malaria transmission. The lowest parasite rates were recorded in the village around the Albert-Schweitzer-Hospital where environmental sanitation and easy access to diagnostic and therapeutic facilities afford a fair measure of malaria control. The villages of Bellevue and Tchad show a much higher prevalence of Plasmodium falciparum, followed by P. malariae and P. ovale. In all three villages parasite rates and geometric mean parasite densities of P. falciparum showed the age pattern typical for areas with stable, hyperendemic malaria. Analysis by season showed the period of the long rains to be the epidemiologically calmest while the dry season and even more the short rainy season produced an increase of parasite rates and densities. In Tchad, the most affected of the three villages, the parasite rates in female adults were significantly lower than in male adults. This was accompanied by lower parasite densities in female adults.
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Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Malária Tipo de estudo: Prevalence_studies / Risk_factors_studies / Screening_studies Limite: Adolescent / Adult / Animals / Child / Child, preschool / Female / Humans / Infant / Male País/Região como assunto: Africa Idioma: En Revista: Trop Med Parasitol Assunto da revista: MEDICINA TROPICAL / PARASITOLOGIA Ano de publicação: 1995 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Gabão
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Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Malária Tipo de estudo: Prevalence_studies / Risk_factors_studies / Screening_studies Limite: Adolescent / Adult / Animals / Child / Child, preschool / Female / Humans / Infant / Male País/Região como assunto: Africa Idioma: En Revista: Trop Med Parasitol Assunto da revista: MEDICINA TROPICAL / PARASITOLOGIA Ano de publicação: 1995 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Gabão