title: Prevalence of malaria in Aligarh.
abstract: In Aligarh Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium falciparum infections during 1998 and 1999 were 69.6% and 62.2%, and 30.4% and 37.8%, respectively. Peak transmission of malaria with highest slide positivity rates (38-44.6%) and slide P. falciparum rates (13 to 16%) were recorded during the months of September and October. About 7.5 to 10% cases showed resistance to chloroquine in P. falciparum infections while 11.3 to 16% P. vivax cases relapsed after getting required doses of chloroquine. About 75% of relapsing cases were of short-term type. Patients who were given both chloroquine and primaquine also relapsed but frequency was less (3.17%). A few chloroquine resistant cases were recorded in patients suffering from vivax malaria.
authors.affiliation: Section of Parasitology, Department of Zoology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh-202 002, U.P.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mehrunnisa
authors.lastname: Wajihullah
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Saifi
authors.forename: H M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Khan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D000962:Antimalarials / Q000494:pharmacology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002738:Chloroquine / Q000494:pharmacology; D004351:Drug Resistance; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D016778:Malaria, Falciparum / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology / Q000635:transmission; D016780:Malaria, Vivax / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology / Q000635:transmission; D010963:Plasmodium falciparum / Q000187:drug effects; D010966:Plasmodium vivax / Q000187:drug effects; D015995:Prevalence; D011319:Primaquine / Q000494:pharmacology; D012008:Recurrence; D012621:Seasons
chemical_list: D000962:Antimalarials; D002738:Chloroquine; D011319:Primaquine