The interaction between Plasmodium falciparum and P. vivax in children on Espiritu Santo island, Vanuatu.
Studies of the prevalence and incidence of malaria were conducted in children < 10 years old living in 10 rural villages on the island of Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu, south-west Pacific. Malaria prevalence remained stable at 30% throughout the year but the relative contributions of the 2 major sp...
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| author | Maitland, K Williams, T Bennett, S Newbold, C Peto, T Viji, J Timothy, R Clegg, J Weatherall, D Bowden, D |
| author_facet | Maitland, K Williams, T Bennett, S Newbold, C Peto, T Viji, J Timothy, R Clegg, J Weatherall, D Bowden, D |
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| description | Studies of the prevalence and incidence of malaria were conducted in children < 10 years old living in 10 rural villages on the island of Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu, south-west Pacific. Malaria prevalence remained stable at 30% throughout the year but the relative contributions of the 2 major species were highly dependent on season. Plasmodium falciparum predominated in the long wet season (November-May) and P. vivax in the dry season (June-October). Case definitions for malaria, derived using a multiple logistic regression method, showed that parasite densities associated with clinical disease were low; case definitions for P. falciparum (> 1000 parasites/microL in children > 1 year old and > 500 microL in infants) and P. vivax (> 500 parasites/microL at all ages) were both associated with a specificity and sensitivity of > 90%. Like prevalence data, malaria morbidity was highly seasonal; 80% of clinical P. falciparum infections occurred in the wet season and 66% of clinical P. vivax in the dry season. Mixed infections were rare. Malaria was important cause of morbidity with children < 5 years old experiencing 1.3-3.0 episodes of clinical malaria per year and 23% of fevers being attributable to malaria in this age group. Children aged 5-9 years continued to suffer one episode of clinical malaria per year. The peak incidence of P. vivax malaria occurred earlier in life than the peak incidence of P. falciparum malaria. The possible interactions between these 2 parasite species are discussed. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:a27d9bbe-0c46-4bfd-baea-e01ef6caa8d12022-03-27T02:20:28ZThe interaction between Plasmodium falciparum and P. vivax in children on Espiritu Santo island, Vanuatu.Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:a27d9bbe-0c46-4bfd-baea-e01ef6caa8d1EnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford1996Maitland, KWilliams, TBennett, SNewbold, CPeto, TViji, JTimothy, RClegg, JWeatherall, DBowden, DStudies of the prevalence and incidence of malaria were conducted in children < 10 years old living in 10 rural villages on the island of Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu, south-west Pacific. Malaria prevalence remained stable at 30% throughout the year but the relative contributions of the 2 major species were highly dependent on season. Plasmodium falciparum predominated in the long wet season (November-May) and P. vivax in the dry season (June-October). Case definitions for malaria, derived using a multiple logistic regression method, showed that parasite densities associated with clinical disease were low; case definitions for P. falciparum (> 1000 parasites/microL in children > 1 year old and > 500 microL in infants) and P. vivax (> 500 parasites/microL at all ages) were both associated with a specificity and sensitivity of > 90%. Like prevalence data, malaria morbidity was highly seasonal; 80% of clinical P. falciparum infections occurred in the wet season and 66% of clinical P. vivax in the dry season. Mixed infections were rare. Malaria was important cause of morbidity with children < 5 years old experiencing 1.3-3.0 episodes of clinical malaria per year and 23% of fevers being attributable to malaria in this age group. Children aged 5-9 years continued to suffer one episode of clinical malaria per year. The peak incidence of P. vivax malaria occurred earlier in life than the peak incidence of P. falciparum malaria. The possible interactions between these 2 parasite species are discussed. |
| spellingShingle | Maitland, K Williams, T Bennett, S Newbold, C Peto, T Viji, J Timothy, R Clegg, J Weatherall, D Bowden, D The interaction between Plasmodium falciparum and P. vivax in children on Espiritu Santo island, Vanuatu. |
| title | The interaction between Plasmodium falciparum and P. vivax in children on Espiritu Santo island, Vanuatu. |
| title_full | The interaction between Plasmodium falciparum and P. vivax in children on Espiritu Santo island, Vanuatu. |
| title_fullStr | The interaction between Plasmodium falciparum and P. vivax in children on Espiritu Santo island, Vanuatu. |
| title_full_unstemmed | The interaction between Plasmodium falciparum and P. vivax in children on Espiritu Santo island, Vanuatu. |
| title_short | The interaction between Plasmodium falciparum and P. vivax in children on Espiritu Santo island, Vanuatu. |
| title_sort | interaction between plasmodium falciparum and p vivax in children on espiritu santo island vanuatu |
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