Incidence, management, and reporting of severe and fatal Plasmodium falciparum malaria in secondary and tertiary health facilities of Alipurduar, India in 2009

Background & objectives: The proportion of malaria cases that are complicated and fatal are not well describedin India. Alipurduar sub-division of Jalpaiguri district in West Bengal is highly endemic for malaria. We constructeda retrospective cohort of severe malaria patients admitted in the sec...

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Main Author: Jagannath Sarkar , Naman K. Shah & Manoj V. Murhekar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2012-09-01
Series:Journal of Vector Borne Diseases
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Online Access:http://www.mrcindia.org/journal/issues/493157.pdf