Document Type
Article (Restricted)
Publication Date
1-1-2005
Abstract
Surveys were conducted in malaria-endemic villages in the southern province of Attapeu, Lao PDR during various seasons over a 3-year period. All-night mosquito landing collections, blood surveys and a case-control study were conducted. Plasmodium falciparum was the predominant species, and slide positivity rates were higher during the transition/dry season compared with the wet season. Anopheles dirus A was found to be the primary vector, and sporozoite rates were highest during the transition/dry season. Anopheles dirus was found to be endophagic and endophilic. Not using insecticide-treated bed nets, houses close to breeding sites and sleeping away from home were risk factors associated with malaria.
Keywords
Malaria, Plasmodium falciparum, Anopheles dirus A, Lao PDR
Publication Title
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
ISSN
0035-9203
Recommended Citation
Vythilingam, I.; Sidavong, B.; Chan, S.T.; Phonemixay, T.; Vanisaveth, V.; Sisoulad, P.; Phetsouvanh, R.; Hakim, S.L.; and Phompida, S., "Epidemiology of Malaria in Attapeu Province, Lao PDR in relation to entomological parameters" (2005). Research Publications (2000 to 2005). 1245.
https://knova.um.edu.my/research_publications_2000_2005/1245
Divisions
fac_med
Volume
99
Issue
11