| malaria in china and the equatorial pacific area from 1937 to 1943. | | 1973 | 4611054 |
| a recent case of congenital malaria in singapore. | we report a case of congenital malaria in a 2-month-old baby girl, born in singapore of a singaporean mother, who presented with fever for one week, gross hepatosplenomegaly and anaemia (haemoglobin 5.6 g/dl) and thrombocytopenia. peripheral blood films showed plasmodium vivax. there was no local transmission at that time, but the mother had spent the first 6 months of her pregnancy in pakistan, where she had been treated for prolonged fever at 4 months amenorrhoea with ibuprofen alone. the moth ... | 1996 | 9046213 |
| imported malaria in a singapore hospital: clinical presentation and outcome. | to evaluate the clinical presentation and outcome of imported malaria. | 1999 | 10460924 |
| meeting on planning plasmodium vivax vaccine efficacy trials. july 20-21, 2004, singapore. | | 2006 | 16451104 |
| entomologic and molecular investigation into plasmodium vivax transmission in singapore, 2009. | singapore has been certified malaria free since november 1982 by the world health organization and despite occasional local transmission, the country has maintained the standing. in 2009, three clusters of malaria cases were reported in singapore. | 2010 | 21029478 |
| malaria: an audit of 56 cases admitted to a hospital. | a 2-year prospective audit on the profile and outcome of malaria cases admitted to a general hospital was performed. fifty-six cases were seen from january 1991 to december 1992, 52 of which were due to monoinfections with plasmodium vivax. the main presenting complaints were fever, chills, sweats, myalgia, dry cough and headache. a significant percentage had anaemia (64.3%), thrombocytopaenia (57.1%), hyponatraemia (42.9%), and liver dysfunction (44.7%). diagnosis rests on the demonstration of ... | 1996 | 8942252 |
| the outbreak of malaria at fuyong estate in singapore. | | 1968 | 4878190 |
| imported chloroquine-resistant plasmodium vivax in singapore: case report and literature review. | chloroquine-resistant plasmodium vivax (crpv) infection is emerging as a clinically significant problem. detailed travel history is crucial to the management of imported malarial cases. we report a 58-year-old business traveler who returned from indonesia and experienced relapse due to crpv. the epidemiology and diagnostic challenges of crpv for travel medicine clinicians are reviewed. | 2010 | 20074103 |
| local transmission of plasmodium vivax malaria in singapore. | a localised outbreak involving 19 cases and two carriers of vivax malaria was reported at dairy farm from may to june 1996. epidemiological investigations showed that the outbreak was caused by the introduction of two foreign workers with imported relapsing vivax malaria into this malaria-receptive area. transmission of infection occurred amongst 17 other foreign workers residing in the locality and two local residents staying at a condominium nearby. the outbreak was rapidly brought under contr ... | 1997 | 9494662 |
| malaria outbreak at pulau tekong in singapore. | | 1971 | 4943953 |
| malaria in a tertiary hospital in singapore--clinical presentation, treatment and outcome: an eleven year retrospective review. | malaria remains a global health threat and poses significant health risks even in non-endemic regions like singapore. | 2015 | 25467088 |
| molecular characterization of misidentified plasmodium ovale imported cases in singapore. | plasmodium ovale, considered the rarest of the malaria parasites of humans, consists of two morphologically identical but genetically distinct sympatric species, plasmodium ovale curtisi and plasmodium ovale wallikeri. these parasites resemble morphologically to plasmodium vivax with which they also share a tertian periodicity and the ability to cause relapses, making them easily misidentified as p. vivax. plasmodium ovale infections are rarely reported, but given the likelihood of misidentifica ... | 2015 | 26577930 |
| a comparison of antigen dipstick assays with polymerase chain reaction (pcr) technique and blood film examination in the rapid diagnosis of malaria. | early diagnosis of malaria for military personnel training in the field is crucial in providing proper treatment for the infected and in taking appropriate preventive measures for the non-infected. present preliminary diagnosis of malaria in the field depends on the clinical symptoms of the patients and there is a need for rapid diagnosis of malaria in the field. the presence of drug-resistant strains of the plasmodium species in the region also increases the urgency of finding a quick and sensi ... | 1999 | 10561760 |
| malaria. epidemiological surveillance, 1992-1996. | the mean annual incidence of malaria in singapore increased from 208 cases in 1982-86 to 277 cases in 1987-1991 and 306 cases in 1992-96. 92.0% of the 1532 cases reported during 1992-96 were imported, with the distribution of cases by parasitic species as follows: plasmodium vivax, 80.9%; p. falciparum, 16.9%; p. malariae, 0.1%; and both p. vivax and p. falciparum, 2.1%. 5 deaths were reported due to malaria. the mean annual age-specific morbidity rate was highest among people aged 25-34 year ... | 1998 | 9584659 |