# Serious and fatal illness associated with falciparum and vivax malaria among patients admitted to hospital at West Sumba in Eastern Indonesia
> Nurleila S.

URL kanonis: https://discover.unhas.ac.id/publications/pub_scopus_84863749237
Jurnal / Konferensi: American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Tahun terbit: 2012
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.2012.11-0577
ISSN: 00029637
Kuartil SJR: Q2
Citations: 29

## Authors
- Nurleila S.

## Abstract
Records of 3,449 patients admitted to Karitas Hospital at Waitabula in eastern Indonesia with microscopy-confirmed malaria through 2008 and 2009 were systematically reviewed. Falciparum, vivax, and mixed species malaria occurred among 1,541, 1,837, and 71 admissions, respectively. Among these, 400 (26%), 199 (11%), and 15 (21%) had serious illness. Fatalities occurred in 46 (12%), 18 (9%), and 2 (13%) of these patients, respectively. Although patients with a diagnosis of falciparum malaria were more likely to have serious illness compared with those with vivax malaria (odds ratio [OR] = 2.9; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 2.4-3.5), this diagnosis nonetheless was associated with 32% of serious illness and 27% of fatalities. Among the seriously ill with a diagnosis of falciparum or vivax malaria, no significant difference in risk of death occurred (OR = 1.3; 95% CI: 0.7-2.5). Serious and fatal illness was predominantly anemia or altered mental state syndromes among patients with either of the species diagnoses. Plasmodium vivax was associated with a substantial share of the burden of morbidity and mortality caused by malaria in this hypo- to meso-endemic community.

## Keywords
- Vivax malaria
- Malaria
- Medicine
- Plasmodium falciparum
- Plasmodium vivax
- Regional hospital
- Pediatrics
- Virology
- Emergency medicine
- Immunology

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