title: [Malaria morbidity in the urban environment. Study of 353 fever attacks].
abstract: The authors make a study of malaria morbidity in Dakar during October and November 1988 in Dakar where malaria is endemic but with a pick in pathophoresis during the rainy season. Out of 353 surveyed cases of malaria, 110 were carriers of Plasmodium falciparum, i.e., 31%. Mean parasitic density was 7462 red cells/mm3 and more than an half of patients got an higher density. Parasitic density was higher in children (0-14 years old) than in adults, but with no significant indication. Malaria fever represents 20.4% of all types of fever observed and was the first cause to consult during the rainy season. Whatever threshold of parasitic density selected parasitologic criterion may be in order to identify a malaria fever, percentage of diagnosis misinterpretation linked up to clinical examination was always higher than 30%.
authors.affiliation: Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Dakar, Sénégal.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Gaye
authors.forename: I B
authors.initials: IB
authors.lastname: Bah
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bengue
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Diallo
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Faye
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D002648:Child; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000469:parasitology; D006801:Humans; D008288:Malaria / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology; D010963:Plasmodium falciparum / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012675:Senegal / Q000453:epidemiology; D014505:Urban Population
vernacular_title: Morbidité palustre en milieu urbain. Etude de 353 accès fébriles.