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Malaria survey in post-earthquake Haiti--2010.
- Source :
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The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene [Am J Trop Med Hyg] 2012 Jan; Vol. 86 (1), pp. 29-31. - Publication Year :
- 2012
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Abstract
- Haiti's Ministry of Public Health and Population collaborated with global partners to enhance malaria surveillance in two disaster-affected areas within 3 months of the January 2010 earthquake. Data were collected between March 4 and April 9, 2010 by mobile medical teams. Malaria rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) were used for case confirmation. A convenience sample of 1,629 consecutive suspected malaria patients was included. Of these patients, 1,564 (96%) patients had malaria RDTs performed, and 317 (20.3%) patients were positive. Of the 317 case-patients with a positive RDT, 278 (87.7%) received chloroquine, 8 (2.5%) received quinine, and 31 (9.8%) had no antimalarial treatment recorded. Our experience shows that mobile medical teams trained in the use of malaria RDTs had a high rate of testing suspected malaria cases and that the majority of patients with positive RDTs received appropriate antimalarial treatment. Malaria RDTs were useful in the post-disaster setting where logistical and technical constraints limited the use of microscopy.
- Subjects :
- Adolescent
Adult
Antimalarials therapeutic use
Child
Child, Preschool
Female
Haiti epidemiology
Humans
Malaria, Falciparum diagnosis
Malaria, Falciparum drug therapy
Malaria, Falciparum parasitology
Male
Microscopy
Middle Aged
Plasmodium falciparum drug effects
Plasmodium falciparum isolation & purification
Prevalence
Reagent Kits, Diagnostic
Time Factors
Young Adult
Earthquakes
Health Surveys
Malaria, Falciparum epidemiology
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1476-1645
- Volume :
- 86
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 22232446
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.2012.11-0431