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Changing epidemiology of Plasmodium vivax malaria in Nouakchott, Mauritania: a six-year (2015–2020) prospective study
| العنوان: | Changing epidemiology of Plasmodium vivax malaria in Nouakchott, Mauritania: a six-year (2015–2020) prospective study |
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| المؤلفون: | Inejih El Moustapha, Jemila Deida, Mariem Dadina, Abdellahi El Ghassem, Mariem Begnoug, Mariem Hamdinou, Khadijetou Mint Lekweiry, Mohamed Salem Ould Ahmedou Salem, Yacoub Khalef, Amal Semane, Khyarhoum Ould Brahim, Sébastien Briolant, Hervé Bogreau, Leonardo Basco, Ali Ould Mohamed Salem Boukhary |
| المصدر: | Malaria Journal, Vol 22, Iss 1, Pp 1-14 (2023) |
| بيانات النشر: | BMC, 2023. |
| سنة النشر: | 2023 |
| المجموعة: | LCC:Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine LCC:Infectious and parasitic diseases |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Anopheles arabiensis, Climate changes, Diagnosis, Duffy antigen, Epidemiology, Malaria, Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine, RC955-962, Infectious and parasitic diseases, RC109-216 |
| الوصف: | Abstract Background Plasmodium vivax malaria is one of the major infectious diseases of public health concern in Nouakchott, the capital city of Mauritania and the biggest urban setting in the Sahara. The assessment of the current trends in malaria epidemiology is primordial in understanding the dynamics of its transmission and developing an effective control strategy. Methods A 6 year (2015–2020) prospective study was carried out in Nouakchott. Febrile outpatients with a clinical suspicion of malaria presenting spontaneously at Teyarett Health Centre or the paediatric department of Mother and Children Hospital Centre were screened for malaria using a rapid diagnostic test, microscopic examination of Giemsa-stained blood films, and nested polymerase chain reaction. Data were analysed using Microsoft Excel and GraphPad Prism and InStat software. Results Of 1760 febrile patients included in this study, 274 (15.5%) were malaria-positive by rapid diagnostic test, 256 (14.5%) were malaria-positive by microscopy, and 291 (16.5%) were malaria-positive by PCR. Plasmodium vivax accounted for 216 of 291 (74.2%) PCR-positive patients; 47 (16.1%) and 28 (9.6%) had P. falciparum monoinfection or P. vivax–P. falciparum mixed infection, respectively. During the study period, the annual prevalence of malaria declined from 29.2% in 2015 to 13.2% in 2019 and 2.1% in 2020 (P |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article |
| وصف الملف: | electronic resource |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 1475-2875 |
| Relation: | https://doaj.org/toc/1475-2875 |
| DOI: | 10.1186/s12936-023-04451-3 |
| URL الوصول: | https://doaj.org/article/093df74bb6ca49ff82402026ed9d942a |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsdoj.093df74bb6ca49ff82402026ed9d942a |
| قاعدة البيانات: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
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| DOI: | 10.1186/s12936-023-04451-3 |