Malaria and mosquitoes: how often for how long?

Stürchler, D; Naef, U.; Fernex, M; Mittelholzer, M L; Reber, Rosemaria; Steffen, Robert

doi:10.1016/0035-9203(90)90075-p

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“…Forty percent of the world population lives in malaria-endemic areas,1 and 1.5–2 million deaths, mostly children (< 5 years), occur annually 2 . Plasmodium falciparum may infect humans at conception through adulthood 3.…”

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Burden of Cerebral Malaria in Central India (2004–2007)

Jain

Nagpal²,

Joel³

et al. 2008

The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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A study on the clinicoepidemiology of cerebral malaria (CM) and mild malaria (MM) among adults and children attending NSCB medical college hospital Jabalpur and civil hospital Maihar, Satna, in central India was undertaken. Of 1,633 patients, 401 were Plasmodium falciparum and 18 P. vivax. Of 401, 199 CM patients and 112 MM patients were enrolled. Severe complications among CM patients were jaundice (26%), acute renal failure (22%), respiratory distress (22%), severe malaria anemia (18%), hypotension (17%), hepatic encephalopathy (7.0%), and hematuria (5%). Among CM cases, seizures and severe malaria anemia were significantly higher in children (P < 0.0001) compared with adults, whereas jaundice (P < 0.0025), acute renal failure (P < 0.0001), and hematuria (P

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Burden of Cerebral Malaria in Central India (2004–2007)

Jain

Nagpal²,

Joel³

et al. 2008

The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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“…Global warming and climate change are likely to cause an increase in the incidences of vector‐borne diseases, such as malaria, yellow fever, and dengue fever (Patz et al , 2000). About 300–500 million malaria cases are reported annually, of which about 2 million deaths, mostly children below 5 years of age, occur annually all over the globe (Sturchler et al , 1990; Makler et al , 1998). About 2.4 million malaria cases are reported annually from south Asia, of which 75% cases are reported in India alone (WHO, 2002; Jain et al , 2008).…”

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Influence of climate on incidences of malaria in the Thar Desert, northwest India

Jhajharia

Chattopadhyay²,

Choudhary

et al. 2012

Intl Journal of Climatology

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Climatic variability and rise in temperature are considered as the key determinants to the transmission of malaria. In the present study, the trends in the cases of malaria caused by Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax were investigated by using the nonparametric Mann-Kendall test after removing the effect of significant lag-1 serial correlation from the time series of cases of malaria incidence by pre-whitening in annual, seasonal, and monthly time scales at Bikaner, located in the Thar Desert of Rajasthan, in northwest India. Multi-collinearity within the datasets under consideration was investigated by means of correlation matrix, the Bartlett sphericity test, and the Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin measure of sampling adequacy, subsequent to which it was removed by using principal component analysis. Finally, artificial neural network models were employed to predict cases of malaria incidence caused by P. falciparum and P. vivax at various scales. During the last 34 years from 1975 to 2008, P. falciparum malaria incidence cases have been found to increase significantly corresponding to monthly (April and September) and seasonal (monsoon) time scales over Bikaner. On the other hand, no significant trends were observed in P. vivax malaria cases at Bikaner. Concomitant increases in P. falciparum cases of malaria incidence and observed temperature increases at Bikaner hint that P. falciparum malaria may have grown significantly under the warming climate of the Thar Desert.

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Malaria and mosquitoes: how often for how long?

Cited by 2 publications

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Burden of Cerebral Malaria in Central India (2004–2007)

Burden of Cerebral Malaria in Central India (2004–2007)

Influence of climate on incidences of malaria in the Thar Desert, northwest India

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