Prevalence of Plasmodium falciparum infection in rainy season, Artibonite Valley, Haiti, 2006.
We conducted a population-based survey to estimate the prevalence of Plasmodium falciparum infection among persons older than 1 month in the Artibonite Valley of Haiti during the high malaria transmission season in 2006. Results from PCR for 714 persons showed a prevalence of 3.1% for P. falciparum infection.
Eisele
Thomas P
TP
Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112, USA. teisele@tulane.edu
Keating
Joseph
J
Bennett
Adam
A
Londono
Berlin
B
Johnson
Dawn
D
Lafontant
Christina
C
Krogstad
Donald J
DJ
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D019353:Endemic Diseases / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006205:Haiti / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D016778:Malaria, Falciparum / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011891:Rain; D012621:Seasons