title: A retrospective prevalence study of malaria in an aborigine hospital in Gombak, Selangor, Malaysia.
abstract: This was a five-year retrospective study (1999-2004) on the prevalence of malaria at the Aborigine Hospital, Gombak, Malaysia. A total of 94 malaria cases was analysed. The highest case reports were for the year 2000, with 32 cases (34%), and the lowest was in 2004, with only 1 (1%). The majority of cases reported were among the Semai tribe (44%), followed by the Temiar tribe (34%) and the unspecified tribe (s) (20%). Females (53%) were more commonly affected than males (47%). The majority of cases were within the age group 1-5 years (51%). Plasmodium falciparum was the most common species reported in this study, at 57%, followed by Plasmodium vivax (38%) and 5% mixed infection of P. falciparum and P. vivax. Most patients (27%) stayed for more than one month in hospital. Most patients came from Kuala Lipis, Pahang, (78%). The most common complication was anemia (38%) followed by splenomegaly (18%); only 2% had cerebral malaria. All patients were treated with the standard anti-malarial drugs. No deaths were reported in this study.
authors.affiliation: Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. ketua_parasit@um.edu.my
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Jamaiah
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rohela
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Nissapatorn
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mohamad Azlan
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Nor Adli
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Shahrul Rizan
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Anez
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Jasmin
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000962:Antimalarials / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008288:Malaria / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008296:Malaysia / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D012189:Retrospective Studies
chemical_list: D000962:Antimalarials