Adult Javanese migrants to Indonesian Papua at high risk of severe disease caused by malaria.

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Migrants from Java arrive in hyperendemic Papua, Indonesia lacking exposure to endemic malaria. We evaluated records of evacuation to hospital with a diagnosis of severe malaria from a transmigration village in northeastern Papua. During the first 30 months, 198 residents with severe disease were evacuated (7.5 evacuations/100 person-years). During this period the risk of evacuation for adults (> 15 years of age) was 2.8. (95% CI = 2.1-3.8; P < 0.0001) relative to children, despite appa...

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Authors: Baird, J; Basri, H; Weina, P; MaGuire, J; Barcus, M

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Epidemiology and infection
• Volume: 131
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 791-797
• Publication date: 2003-08-01
• DOI: 10.1017/s0950268803008422
• EISSN: 1469-4409
• ISSN: 0950-2688
• Language: English
• Keywords: Cohort Studies; Adolescent; Child, Preschool; Malaria; Infant, Newborn; Aged; Indonesia; Infant; Disease Progression; Age Factors; Female; Middle Aged; Retrospective Studies; Emigration and Immigration; Risk Factors; Severity of Illness Index; Humans; Child; Adult; Papua New Guinea; Male