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Prevalence of malaria among children in Wadi Hajar – Hadhramout, ¬Yemen | ||
| Medical Journal of Tikrit | ||
| Article 1, Volume 1, Issue 151, 2012, Pages 24-28 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Ahmed M. AI-Haddad; Saleh Al-Jumaily; Abdulhakeern Lardhi | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Malaria remains one of the most serious public health problems in many parts of the world,it is the major public health problem in Yemen. A cross-sectional study. The study was conducted in AI_Mukilla child and Maternity Health hospital, all children presented from Wadi Hajer, Hadhramout Yemen since January 2005 to June 2006 were included in the study, after filling the examination Questioner including Temperature and spleen check up, Thick and thin blood film were done to check for malaria and Hb was estimated. Results: During the study period 163 children were malaria positive for Plasmodium falciparum. More than 40% of investigated children had Slide positive rate (SPR),SPR is differed significantly by age group and was highest (67.5%) in less than 5 year-olds and 10% of them was aged below one month of age, and their mothers had malaria. However, there was no significant difference in SPR between males and females. This is the first epidemiological study done in this endemic area of malria; we found that it is endemic by Plasmodium falciparum species. The presenting manifestations include male predominance mostly below 5 years of age. With fever, anaemia and hepatosplenomegaly | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Prevalence of malaria among children in Wadi Hajar; Yemen | ||
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