Clinical profile of malaria in children--a prospective study from Aligarh (N. India)
| Autor: | S. H. Ahmad, R. Moonis, Kidwai T, Tabassum Shahab, Chandra J |
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| Rok vydání: | 1987 |
| Předmět: |
Pediatrics
medicine.medical_specialty Plasmodium falciparum Hepatosplenomegaly Drug Resistance India North india Pallor parasitic diseases medicine Humans Prospective Studies Prospective cohort study Child biology business.industry Chloroquine biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Malaria Child Preschool Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Vomiting Chills medicine.symptom business Plasmodium vivax |
| Zdroj: | Annals of tropical paediatrics. 7(2) |
| ISSN: | 0272-4936 |
| Popis: | In a prospective, hospital-based study in North India, malaria accounted for 1.5% of paediatric outpatient attendances during 1 year. A marked increase in the prevalence of malaria was noted during the post-monsoon months. Plasmodium falciparum was the causative species in 44.4% of cases, contrary to previous reports of low prevalence of this parasite in the area. Pyrexia with or without chills or rigor, vomiting, pallor and hepatosplenomegaly were the common presenting clinical features. Splenic and hepatic enlargement were seen more frequently with P. vivax than P. falciparum infections (P less than 0.001 and P less than 0.01, respectively). Convulsions were present in 20% of cases. |
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