Malaria Related Morbidity in Central Reserve Police Force Personnel Located in The North-eastern States of India

Bibliographic Data

ID5199787
AuthorsPatra (Chief Medical Officer, CRPF, Base Hospital , Guwahati 781 023 Assam, India), Shraboni Patra (0000-0002-0002-6409, Gauhati Medical College and Hospital), S S Patra (Chief Medical Officer, CRPF, Base Hospital , Guwahati 781 023 Assam, India.), Dev, Vas Dev (0000-0003-2182-7026, National Institute of Malaria Research)
Year2004
Volume15
Issue4
Pages255-259
Publication date2004-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Human Ecology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0970-9274 • E-ISSN: 2456-6608
PublisherKamla Raj Enterprises (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1080/09709274.2004.11905702
OpenAlexW2143102661
LanguageEN
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The data on morbidity and mortality attributable to malaria in the Central Reserve Police Force personnel located in the seven states of the Northeast are reviewed retrospectively for the years 1999 to 2001. Maximum number of malaria cases and associated deaths were recorded in Assam followed by Tripura and Manipur in relation to strength of the troops in the respective states. Based on the CRPF Base Hospital records, it was concluded that P. falciparum was the predominant parasite species (= 80% of cases) among indoor/referral cases, and was responsible for much of the mortality associated with cerebral complications. In order to reduce the relative risk of acquiring a malarial infection in the region, the use of Insecticide Treated Mosquito Nets (ITMN’s) were advocated in addition to the existing intervention strategies in practice

Cerebral Malaria · Environmental health · Family medicine · Geography · Malaria · Plasmodium falciparum · Referral · Socioeconomics · Demography · Malaria Research and Control · Medicine · Mosquito-borne diseases and control · Immunology

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