Five-Year Trend of Malaria Prevalence in Mojo Town, Central Ethiopia: Shifting Burden of the Disease and Its Implication for Malaria Elimination: A Retrospective Study
Andargie Abate,1,2 Mesfin Assefa,1,3 Lemu Golassa1 1Aklilu Lemma Institute of Pathobiology, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; 2College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia; 3College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Wachamo University, Hossaena, Ethi...
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| description | Andargie Abate,1,2 Mesfin Assefa,1,3 Lemu Golassa1 1Aklilu Lemma Institute of Pathobiology, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; 2College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia; 3College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Wachamo University, Hossaena, EthiopiaCorrespondence: Andargie Abate, Email Andargie_abate@yahoo.comIntroduction: Malaria continues to strike hardest against the health and economic development in Ethiopia. The peak of malaria incidence follows the main rainfall season in each year; however, its transmission tends to be highly heterogeneous within or between years and from area to area. Thus, this study was aimed to determine the trend prevalence of malaria in Mojo town, central Ethiopia.Methods: A retrospective study was conducted in Mojo town, East Shoa zone, Ethiopia from February to March 2021. Malaria cases and related data documented between 2016 and 2020 were carefully reviewed from laboratory registration logbooks. The collected data were analyzed using descriptive statistics.Results: A total of 19,106 blood films were examined from malaria-suspected patients. The overall microscopically confirmed prevalence of malaria was 4.2% (793/19,106). Plasmodium vivax was the predominant species accounting for 76.2% (604/793) of positive samples. Malaria cases declined from 259 in 2016 to 77 in 2020. The proportion of malaria was higher among males (64.8%, 514/793) than females (35.2%, 279/793) (P < 0.0001). Higher malaria cases were observed from the age group 15– 24 years followed by the age group of 25– 34 (P < 0.0001). The number of malaria cases was at a high level from September to November and lowest from December to February.Conclusion: Despite a declining trend of malaria prevalence, it remains a public health burden in the area. P. vivax, the predominant species, should get attention during prevention and control strategies for the successful progress of the malaria elimination program.Keywords: malaria, trend, Mojo, retrospective, Ethiopia |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4725d1cc523944c7ad3538e90724b8892022-12-21T23:44:47ZengDove Medical PressInfection and Drug Resistance1178-69732022-02-01Volume 1545546472878Five-Year Trend of Malaria Prevalence in Mojo Town, Central Ethiopia: Shifting Burden of the Disease and Its Implication for Malaria Elimination: A Retrospective StudyAbate AAssefa MGolassa LAndargie Abate,1,2 Mesfin Assefa,1,3 Lemu Golassa1 1Aklilu Lemma Institute of Pathobiology, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; 2College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia; 3College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Wachamo University, Hossaena, EthiopiaCorrespondence: Andargie Abate, Email Andargie_abate@yahoo.comIntroduction: Malaria continues to strike hardest against the health and economic development in Ethiopia. The peak of malaria incidence follows the main rainfall season in each year; however, its transmission tends to be highly heterogeneous within or between years and from area to area. Thus, this study was aimed to determine the trend prevalence of malaria in Mojo town, central Ethiopia.Methods: A retrospective study was conducted in Mojo town, East Shoa zone, Ethiopia from February to March 2021. Malaria cases and related data documented between 2016 and 2020 were carefully reviewed from laboratory registration logbooks. The collected data were analyzed using descriptive statistics.Results: A total of 19,106 blood films were examined from malaria-suspected patients. The overall microscopically confirmed prevalence of malaria was 4.2% (793/19,106). Plasmodium vivax was the predominant species accounting for 76.2% (604/793) of positive samples. Malaria cases declined from 259 in 2016 to 77 in 2020. The proportion of malaria was higher among males (64.8%, 514/793) than females (35.2%, 279/793) (P < 0.0001). Higher malaria cases were observed from the age group 15– 24 years followed by the age group of 25– 34 (P < 0.0001). The number of malaria cases was at a high level from September to November and lowest from December to February.Conclusion: Despite a declining trend of malaria prevalence, it remains a public health burden in the area. P. vivax, the predominant species, should get attention during prevention and control strategies for the successful progress of the malaria elimination program.Keywords: malaria, trend, Mojo, retrospective, Ethiopiahttps://www.dovepress.com/five-year-trend-of-malaria-prevalence-in-mojo-town-central-ethiopia-sh-peer-reviewed-fulltext-article-IDRmalariatrendmojoretrospectiveethiopia |
| spellingShingle | Abate A Assefa M Golassa L Five-Year Trend of Malaria Prevalence in Mojo Town, Central Ethiopia: Shifting Burden of the Disease and Its Implication for Malaria Elimination: A Retrospective Study Infection and Drug Resistance malaria trend mojo retrospective ethiopia |
| title | Five-Year Trend of Malaria Prevalence in Mojo Town, Central Ethiopia: Shifting Burden of the Disease and Its Implication for Malaria Elimination: A Retrospective Study |
| title_full | Five-Year Trend of Malaria Prevalence in Mojo Town, Central Ethiopia: Shifting Burden of the Disease and Its Implication for Malaria Elimination: A Retrospective Study |
| title_fullStr | Five-Year Trend of Malaria Prevalence in Mojo Town, Central Ethiopia: Shifting Burden of the Disease and Its Implication for Malaria Elimination: A Retrospective Study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Five-Year Trend of Malaria Prevalence in Mojo Town, Central Ethiopia: Shifting Burden of the Disease and Its Implication for Malaria Elimination: A Retrospective Study |
| title_short | Five-Year Trend of Malaria Prevalence in Mojo Town, Central Ethiopia: Shifting Burden of the Disease and Its Implication for Malaria Elimination: A Retrospective Study |
| title_sort | five year trend of malaria prevalence in mojo town central ethiopia shifting burden of the disease and its implication for malaria elimination a retrospective study |
| topic | malaria trend mojo retrospective ethiopia |
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