Parasite density and malaria morbidity in the Pakistani Punjab

• Published in: The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene Vol. 61; no. 5; pp. 791 - 801
• Main Authors: Prybylski, D, Khaliq, A, Fox, E, Sarwari, AR, Strickland, GT
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Lawrence, KS ASTMH 01.11.1999; Allen Press
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Age Factors; Animals; Anopheles - growth & development; Biological and medical sciences; Child; Child, Preschool; Female; Human protozoal diseases; Humans; Infant; Infectious diseases; Insect Vectors - growth & development; Malaria; Malaria, Falciparum - epidemiology; Malaria, Falciparum - transmission; Malaria, Vivax - epidemiology; Malaria, Vivax - transmission; Male; Medical sciences; Morbidity; Multivariate Analysis; Pakistan; Pakistan - epidemiology; Parasitemia - epidemiology; Parasitemia - transmission; Parasitic diseases; Plasmodium falciparum; Plasmodium falciparum - isolation & purification; Plasmodium falciparum - pathogenicity; Plasmodium vivax; Plasmodium vivax - isolation & purification; Plasmodium vivax - pathogenicity; Prevalence; Protozoal diseases; Seasons; Seroepidemiologic Studies; Splenomegaly; Surveys and Questionnaires; Tropical medicine; Asia; Pakistan; Human; Protozoa; Apicomplexa; Protozoal disease; Prevalence; Malaria; Parasitosis; Density; Morbidity; Infection; Plasmodium falciparum; Plasmodium vivax; Parasitemia
• ISSN: 0002-9637; 1476-1645
• DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1999.61.791

The relationship between quantitative Plasmodiumfalciparum or P. vivax parasitemia and clinical illness has not been defined in Pakistan or in other areas where malaria transmission is not highly endemic. Standardized questionnaires were given to and physical examinations and parasitologic tests wer...