| 1 | Socio-economic determinants for malaria transmission risk in an endemic primary health centre in Assam, India显示文摘Background:Malaria is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in Northeast India.As there is limited information available on the potential influence of socio-economic variables on malaria risk,the present study was conducted to assess the influence of demographic factors,the socio-economic status,and knowledge,awareness and education on malaria occurrence.Methods:Demographics,malaria knowledge and socio-economic variables were collected in four randomly selected health sub-centres of the Orang primary health centre in the Udalguri district,Assam and the association of malaria occurrence with different variables were analysed.The trend of malaria occurrence for different income groups,proximity to health centres and number of mosquito bites per day was also determined using the chi-square test.Relative risk(RR)for gender,house type,knowledge and use of bed nets was determined using Katz approximation.Results:Out of the 71 household heads interviewed,70.4%(50/71)were males.About half(54.9%,39/71)of the participants had a history of malaria in the last two years,of which 64.1%(25/39)were males,while 35.9%(14/39)were females(χ^(2)=5.13;p=0.02;RR=1.79).Of the total population surveyed,49.3%lived in bamboo houses and 35.2%lived at a distance of>3 km from the nearest health centre.The number of participants who had a history of malaria decreased with an increasing monthly income(p<0.0001).Malaria occurrence was higher among the households living in bamboo houses(69.2%),as compared to Kucha houses(20.5%)and Pucca houses(10.3%).No significant association was observed between education level and malaria occurrence(p=0.93).The participants who did not use bed nets regularly reported a high occurrence of malaria infection as compared to those who used bed nets everyday(p<0.0001).Conclusions:Lower income,house type,distance to health sub-centre,knowledge and awareness about malaria,number of mosquito bites per day and use of bed nets were positively associated with malaria occurrence.Increasing the number of health sub-centres close to rural areas,improving the economic status and increasing awareness about malaria prevention measures will thus help to reduce malaria-associated morbidities. | Kavita Yadav Sunil Dhiman Bipul Rabha PK Saikia Vijay Veer | 2014 | Infectious Diseases of Poverty2014，3，1： | 3 |
| 3 | Chemotherapy and drug resistance status of malaria parasite in northeast India显示文摘India reports the highest number of malaria cases in Southeast Asia,of which Plasmodium falciparum contribute more than half of the cases every year.North eastern states of India contribute only 3.96%of country’s population but account for>10%of total reported malaria cases.11%of Plasmodium falciparum cases and 20%of malaria related deaths annually.In India,chloroquine resistance was reported for the first time from northeast region and since then chloroquine treatment failure is being reported from many parts of the region.Increased chloroquine treatment failure has led to change of the drug policy to artemisinin combination therapy as first line of malaria treatment in the region.However,replacing chloroquine to artemisinin combination therapy has not shown significant difference in the overall malaria incidence in the region,The present review addresses the current malaria situation of northeastern region of India in the light of antimalarials drug resistance. | Diganta Goswami Indra Baruah Sunil Dhiman Bipul Rabha Vijay Veer Lokendra Singh Dhirendra Kumar Sharma | 2013 | Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine2013，6，7： | 0 |
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