A focus of endemic malaria in central Java.

Journal article

This report describes one of the few remaining foci of endemic malaria on the island of Java, the Kokap subdistrict, near the Southcentral coast. Kokap was hypoendemic in June 1994 with prevalence of parasitemia at 0.98% (n = 10,606 of 40,246 residents). Plasmodium vivax comprised 63% of infections and P. falciparum all others. The incidence of indigenous infection during 1993 was 48 cases/1,000 person-years (p-yr), and it was relatively uniform among age groups (38 to 53/1,000 p-yr). Nine de...

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Authors: Baird, J; Sismadi, P; Masbar, S; Ramzan, A; Purnomo, B

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene
• Volume: 54
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 98-104
• Publication date: 1996-01-01
• EISSN: 1476-1645
• ISSN: 0002-9637
• Language: English
• Keywords: Adult; Infant, Newborn; Public Health; Child; Child, Preschool; Malaria; Aged; Adolescent; Middle Aged; Infant; Anopheles; Animals; Indonesia; Incidence; Humans; Prevalence; Insect Vectors