Severe Falciparum and Vivax Malaria on the Thailand-Myanmar Border: A Review of 1503 Cases.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The northwestern border of Thailand is an area of low seasonal malaria transmission. Until recent successful malaria elimination activities, malaria was a major cause of disease and death. Historically the incidences of symptomatic Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax malaria were approximately similar.

Methods

All malaria cases managed in the Shoklo Malaria Research Unit along the Thailand-Myanmar border between 2000 and 2016 were reviewed.

Results

There were 80 841 consultations for symptomatic P. vivax and 94 467 for symptomatic P. falciparum malaria. Overall, 4844 (5.1%) patients with P. falciparum malaria were admitted to field hospitals, of whom 66 died, compared with 278 (0.34%) with P. vivax malaria, of whom 4 died (3 had diagnoses of sepsis,

SUBMITTER: Chu CS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10495127 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature