Incidence if Plasmodium Falciparum Malaria in Querecotillo, Sullana, Peru - 1997

• Autores: Bellina, Cecilia, Castillo, Carlos, Puell, Lucie, Neyra, Luis, Seminario, Alain, Yerén, Cecilia
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 1999
• Institución: Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
• Repositorio: Revistas - Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:ojs.csi.unmsm:article/4461
• Enlace del recurso: https://revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe/index.php/anales/article/view/4461
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Plasmodium falciparum; Epidemiología; Paludismo; Epidemiology; Paludism

OBJECTIVE: To determine the incidence of Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Querecotillo, an area with a course of increasing prevalence rates for this disease. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Information consigned at the 1997 Book of Record and Following of Malaria Patients, was analyzed. RESULTS: Ages ranged predominantly between 15 and 44 years (69,6% of cases). Incidence rate was 14,2%; and the villages of Peña, Puente, Victoria and Querecotillo had the highest prevalence rates. Population in able-to-work ages was the most affected, and the peak incidence was during May, June and July. CONCLUSIONS: Querecotillo is a high risk area for Plasmodium falciparum malaria, and there are economic, social, cultural and weather factors which exerts influence on disease statistics.