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The Burden of Malaria Incidence in Subaim, East Halmahera, North Maluku, Indonesia in 2016
Novyan Lusiyana1, Anggia Fitria Agustin1, Asril Abdul Sa'ad2
1Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Islam Indonesia, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
Aim:
This study investigated the distribution, characteristics, clinical manifestation and severity of Malaria in East Halmahera, North Maluku.
Methods:
A retrospective and an observational method were used in this study. Data were obtained through analysing medical records of malaria patients from January to December 2016.
Results:
There were 89 malaria patients enrolled in the study. The cases infected by P. vivax only were 75 cases (84.3%), by P. falciparum only (7, 7.8%), and by both infections (7, 7.8%). The incidence of malaria was higher in July and August 2016 in Cemara Jaya district (18, 20.2%) and Baturaja district (17, 19.1%). While severe malaria was higher in children (4, 28.6%) and pregnant women 2 (100%) by P. vivax infection.
Conclusion:
Plasmodium vivax infection was higher than P. falciparum. Severe P. vivax infection was higher than P. falciparum, and most of the cases were in children and pregnant women.
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