A Retrospective Review on Severe Malaria in Colombia, 2007-2020.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Knowledge of severe malaria (SM) or complicated malaria is insufficient in all its components. The least known type is the one associated with Plasmodium vivax, compared to that caused by P. falciparum. The aim of this study was to provide a general overview of epidemiological information about the burden of SM, obtained from the National Public Health Surveillance System (SIVIGILA) for the period 2007-2020 in Colombia.

Methods

A descriptive, retrospective, and cross-sectional study of secondary information was performed via SIVIGILA.

Results

There were 9881 SM cases among 1,060,950 total malaria cases in Colombia in 2007-2020: 9.31 SM cases per 1000 malaria cases. During this period, there were 7145 SM cases due to the following species: P

SUBMITTER: Carmona-Fonseca J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9416211 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature