You are viewing the site in preview mode

Skip to main content

Table 2 Risk profile of investigated malaria cases during April-2018 to March-2019 (N= 157)

From: Malaria hot spot along the foothills of Rakhine state, Myanmar: geospatial distribution of malaria cases in townships targeted for malaria elimination

CharacteristicsFrequencyPercentage
Occupation  
 At-risk occupation63(40.1)
 Non-at-risk occupation94(59.9)
History of Blood Transfusion  
 Yes2(1.3)
 No155(98.7)
History of malaria in last 3 years  
 Yes38(24.2)
 No119(75.8)
History of travel in past 30 days  
 Yes, to transmission area78(49.7)
 Yes, not to transmission area19(19.6)
 No travel within 30 days60(38.2)
Type of Bed Net use  
 Ordinary net28(17.8)
 LLIN94(59.9)
 Not used35(22.3)
Type of case  
 Imported13(8.3)
 Indigenous, source within village69(43.9)
 Indigenous, source outside the village69(43.9)
 Relapse6(3.8)
Delay from symptom to diagnosis  
 ≤24 hours30(19.1)
 > 24 hours127(80.9)
Type of treatment  
 According to NTG136(86.6)
 Not according to NTG21(13.4)
  1. Abbreviation: LLIN Long Lasting Insecticidal Net
  2. NTG National Treatment Guideline , P.f Artemisinin based combination therapy (ACT ) three days and Primaquine stat dose : P.v or P.o- Cholorquine three days and Primaquine 14 days
  3. Mixed- Artemisinin based combination therapy (ACT) three days and Primaquine 14 days: P.m- Chloroquine three days depending on age of patient