Comparison of Characteristics in Children and Adult Living in Malaria Endemic Area

Ayodhia Pitaloka Pasaribu, Syahril Pasaribu

2018

Abstract

Malaria is still a public health problem worldwide with nearly 500,000 death cases in 2014. Indonesian government has put a lot of efforts to achieve malaria elimination in 2030. Defining characteristics of the people living in malaria endemic area will help achieving better malaria control. We did a descriptive study in Tanjung Leidong, Labuhanbatu Utara, Indonesia and screened 67 subjects who came to the health centre. We analyzed the data using STATA ver 15.1. We found that 28 subjects were positive for malaria, among those 11 were children and 17 were adults. Parasitaemia was slightly higher in children compared to adult. Haemoglobin level in adult was slightly higher than in children. We conclude that malaria in Tanjung Leidong is more common in adult with milder symptom than in children.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Pasaribu A. and Pasaribu S. (2018). Comparison of Characteristics in Children and Adult Living in Malaria Endemic Area.In Proceedings of the International Conference of Science, Technology, Engineering, Environmental and Ramification Researches - Volume 1: ICOSTEERR, ISBN 978-989-758-449-7, pages 673-675. DOI: 10.5220/0010083306730675

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icosteerr18,
author={Ayodhia Pitaloka Pasaribu and Syahril Pasaribu},
title={Comparison of Characteristics in Children and Adult Living in Malaria Endemic Area},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference of Science, Technology, Engineering, Environmental and Ramification Researches - Volume 1: ICOSTEERR,},
year={2018},
pages={673-675},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0010083306730675},
isbn={978-989-758-449-7},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the International Conference of Science, Technology, Engineering, Environmental and Ramification Researches - Volume 1: ICOSTEERR,
TI - Comparison of Characteristics in Children and Adult Living in Malaria Endemic Area
SN - 978-989-758-449-7
AU - Pasaribu A.
AU - Pasaribu S.
PY - 2018
SP - 673
EP - 675
DO - 10.5220/0010083306730675