Jalal Uddin Akbar.
Malaria in children at a Children Hospital.
J Surg Pak Jan ;7(3):20-2.

Malaria is the most common parasitic infestation of the human and has been a major health problem in our country. A prospective study was conducted at Children hospital Baqai Medical University, with the objective of identifying the different presentations of malaria in children in our setting, i.e. mainly the immigrant Afghan population. The study was carried out on a sample of 100 children who were positive for malaria with the parasite in their blood films. The male to female ratio was 2.12:1, seventy eight percent children were Afghan immigrants. Fever, anemia and splenomegaly were seen in more than 80% of the Cases. There was high incidence of falciparum as compare to Vivax (65% vs 35%). Gastrointestinal symptoms were more in falciparum whereas generalized bodyache, cough and hepatosplenomegaly were the main features of vivax infection. Twenty cases of cerebral malaria were identified all were due to falciparum.

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