The epidemiology of malaria in a Karen population on the western border of Thailand.

Journal article

From November 1991 to November 1992 a prospective, descriptive study of malaria epidemiology was conducted in a Karen population on the western border of Thailand. Two study groups were selected at random and more than 80% of the subjects were followed for one year. In Group 1, comprising 249 schoolchildren (aged 4-15 years), daily surveillance for illness was combined with fortnightly malaria surveys. These children experienced 1.5 parasitaemic infections per child-year (95% confidence inter...

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Authors: Luxemburger, C; Thwai, K; White, N; Webster, H; Kyle, D

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
• Volume: 90
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 105-111
• Publication date: 1996-01-01
• DOI: 10.1016/s0035-9203(96)90102-9
• EISSN: 1878-3503
• ISSN: 0035-9203
• Language: English
• Keywords: Risk Factors; Seasons; Adolescent; Incidence; Malaria, Falciparum; Child; Humans; Morbidity; Adult; Female; Male; Cross-Sectional Studies; Malaria, Vivax; Prospective Studies; Age Factors; Thailand