Age‑specific Plasmodium parasite profile in pre and post ITN intervention period at a highland site in western Kenya

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dc.contributor.authorOtoto, Ednah N.
dc.contributor.authorZhou, Guofa
dc.contributor.authorKamau, Lucy
dc.contributor.authorMbugi, Jenard P.
dc.contributor.authorWanjala, Christine L.
dc.contributor.authorMachani, Maxwell
dc.contributor.authorAtieli, Harrysone
dc.contributor.authorGitheko, Andrew K.
dc.contributor.authorYan, Guiyun
dc.date.accessioned2018-01-10T08:32:08Z
dc.date.available2018-01-10T08:32:08Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.descriptionResearch Articleen_US
dc.description.abstractBackground: Monitoring and evaluation of entomological, parasitological and clinical data is an important component of malaria control as it is a measure of the success of the interventions. In many studies, clinical data has been used to monitor trends in malaria morbidity and mortality. This study was conducted to demonstrate age dependent prevalence of malaria in the pre- and post-interventions period. Methods: A series of cross-sectional malaria parasitological surveys were conducted in Iguhu, western Kenya. Participants were randomly selected school-aged children between 6 and 13 years. The study was conducted between June 2002–December 2003 and January 2012–February 2015. Sexual and asexual parasite prevalence and densities were determined using microscopy. Age-dependence in parasite infections was compared between 2002–2003 and 2012–2015. Results: Plasmodium falciparum had the highest prevalence of 43.5 and 11.5% in the pre- and post-intervention periods. Plasmodium malariae had a prevalence of 2.3 and 0.2%, while Plasmodium ovale had a prevalence of 0.3 and 0.1% during the pre- and post-intervention period, respectively. There was a 73.7% reduction in prevalence of P. falciparum in the post-intervention compared to the pre-intervention period. Plasmodium falciparum parasite density increased by 71.2% between pre- and post-intervention period from (geometric mean of ) 554.4–949.2 parasites/μl. Geometric mean gametocytaemia in Iguhu was higher in the post-intervention period (106.4 parasites/μl), when compared to the pre-intervention period (54.1 parasites/μl). Prevalence and density of P. falciparum showed a lower age-dependency during post-intervention period when compared to pre-intervention period. Conclusion: The study provides evidence for reduction of malaria prevalence following the introduction of LLINs and ACT in western Kenya. Fewer people become infected but the few infected may be more infectious as suggested by higher gametocyte densities. The high parasite densities, which were not dependent on age, observed in the post intervention period imply that a more comprehensive integrated malaria management may be required to sustain the current interventions and hence reduce malaria transmission.en_US
dc.identifier.citationOtoto et al. Malar J (2017) 16:466en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/18108
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherBioMed Centralen_US
dc.titleAge‑specific Plasmodium parasite profile in pre and post ITN intervention period at a highland site in western Kenyaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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