title: Incidence of malaria--three years prospective study.
abstract: Malaria continues to be one of the major health problems in India. The India has witnessed a spectacular achievement in 1960's (1964) but a comeback lateron. A continued rise of Plasmodium falciparum was observed in many areas. The study was undertaken to analyze the incidence of malaria and compare the rapid diagnostic test--Immunochromatographic technique (ICT-Malaria) with conventional Giemsa staining. A total of 14,092 peripheral blood smears were screened for malaria. Plasmodium falciparum (57.82%) was major species followed by Plasmodium vivax (42.18%). More cases were found in males (54.56%) and in younger age group (1-12 yrs) and (21-30 yrs). We found the ICT Malaria test sensitivity (99.03%) and specificity (99.9%) as compared to blood smear positivity. The ICT Malaria test found to be easy, less time consuming and with diagnostic accuracy as equivalent to gold standard that is conventional Giemsa staining.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Rural Medical College, Loni Dist. Ahmednagar, Maharashtra 413736, India. anagha.kinikar@pmtpims.org
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Kinikar
authors.forename: S G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Kulkarni
authors.forename: S B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Roushani
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Bhalerao
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002846:Chromatography, Affinity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D007223:Infant; D008288:Malaria / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies