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Kesesuaian Gejala Klinis Malaria dengan Parasitemia Positif di Wilayah Puskesmas Wairasa Kabupaten Sumba Tengah Provinsi Nusa Tenggara Timur

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One of the indicator to determine malaria endemicity is the Annual Malaria Incidence (AMI). The number of AMI at Wairasa Health Center, Central Sumba within three consecutive year (2009, 2010 and 2011) were 144‰, 187‰ and 108‰.

The aim of the study were to confirm the results of microscopic examination between Wairasa Health Center and Loka Litbang P2B Waikabubak and to identify clinical symptoms that can be used as a marker of malaria positive.

The study used cross sectional design, the sampel were patient suspected with malaria visiting the health center. The conformity of the microscopic assessment between the two centers are quite high (0.92). The symptoms found in patient with parasitemia positive in which fever, headache, pale and body aches (muscle pain) are significantly showed the likelihood of having malaria infection and therefore can be used as a marker of malaria infection in central Sumba.

The conclusion that the agreement is quite good examination. Based on multivariate analysis found four symptoms were significantly associated with parasitaemia of fever (95% CI 2.010 to 12.168 4.945), headache (OR 2.230 95% CI 1.551 to 3.470), white (OR 1.557 95% CI 1.046 to 2.318), body feels stiff (OR 1.778 95% CI 1.778 to 2.622) can be one sign of malaria infection in this area.

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Media Litbangkes, 24 (2) : 75-80

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Jakarta : Sekretariat Balitbangkes., 2014

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6p

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0853-9987

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malaria
PARASITEMIA

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