Prevalence of Malaria in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Navi Mumbai, India

Abstract

The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of malarial infections among the patients attending at tertiary care hospital, Navi Mumbai, India, between January and December 2013. 4878 blood samples of suspected malaria cases were examined out of which 809 (16.58%) were positive for malaria. The types of malarial parasites were Plasmodium vivax (54.76%), Plasmodium falciparum (17.80%), and mixed species (27.44%). The prevalence of malarial infection exhibited seasonal pattern with many cases in the month of July to November with peak in October. Infection prevalence in male patients was 2-fold higher than in female patients. Age group ranged from 11-50 years with 21-30 years had greatest risk. These findings compared with other findings of malaria endemic populations in India that a hospital-based diagnosis and surveillance for malaria reflects seasonal malaria transmission underlying demographic and geographic distribution.

Prevalence of Malaria in a Tertiary Care Hospital at Mumbai

“…Maximum cases were due to Plasmodium Vivax throughout the study however few cases of Plasmodium falciparum and mixed infection were seen. Similar finding was observed in study done by (Singh et al, 2015) During monsoon prevalence of Plasmodium Falciparum was increased compare to other months of the year. Similar finding was seen in study conducted by (Paltial Palat et al, 2013) The difference in prevalence of Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium falciparum in different areas can be due to presence of endemicity of particular type and higher relapses in vivax type.…”

“…1 and 2; Table 1-6). Palat et al, 2013), (Patil and Kumar, 2011), (Pardal et al, 2009), (Anirudh et al, 2013), (Singh et al, 2009), (Singh et al, 2015).…”