[Malaria morbidity in rural and urban areas in Senegal]

Med Trop (Mars). 1989 Jan-Mar;49(1):59-62.
[Article in French]

Abstract

During September and November 1987, the authors surveyed the incidence of malaria fever in populations of a rural zone in Casamance and in adults as outpatients in an urban area. In these regions, the malaria is endemic with a recrudescence during the rainy season from July to October. In rural zone, 169 persons were examined. The malaria fevers represented 7.1% of the consultations and 23.3% of fevers. Differences were significantly observed between the parasitic densities of febrile and afebrile patients.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Animals
  • Blood / parasitology
  • Humans
  • Malaria / epidemiology*
  • Malaria / parasitology
  • Middle Aged
  • Plasmodium / isolation & purification
  • Population Density
  • Rural Population*
  • Urban Population*