| current status of malaria infection in a southeastern province of lao pdr. | in khammouane, a southeastern province in lao pdr, active case detection (acd) surveys for malaria infection on the villagers in three villages were conducted four times from december, 1995 to august, 1996. the malaria infection was demonstrated in 5.3-10.5% of the villagers throughout the year in 2 villages located in mountainous forest, but the infection was rarely observed in the other village located in the plain along the mekong river, in which only 4 malaria cases were detected in august, ... | 1998 | 9886104 |
| malaria prevalence and a brief entomological survey in a village surrounded by rice fields in khammouan province, lao pdr. | we surveyed nongceng, a village in a south-eastern province of lao pdr, for malaria and its vectors. nongceng is situated in a basin and surrounded by rice fields. in february 1998 (dry season), 28.6% of 126 villagers were infected with malaria, and in september 1998 (rainy season), 16.3% of 147 villagers. the prevalence of malaria infection was consistently high in children under 10, and the predominant malaria species was plasmodium falciparum. in brief surveys of the mosquitoes performed on t ... | 2000 | 10672201 |
| a field study on malaria prevalence in southeastern laos by polymerase chain reaction assay. | a detection survey for malaria infection by routine microscopy and polymerase chain reaction (pcr) assay was conducted on 336 inhabitants of two villages in khammouane province, lao people's democratic republic (lao pdr), in july 1997. malaria infection was demonstrated in 58 (17.3%) subjects by microscopy and in 117 (34.8%) by pcr assay. specimens positive by both methods were frequent in young villagers, suggesting the presence of many subclinical infections in older persons. the most common s ... | 2001 | 11463112 |
| entomological surveys of malaria in khammouane province, lao pdr, in 1999 and 2000. | anopheline mosquitos and their relation to malaria transmission were studied 3 times: in july and august, 1999; in december, 1999; and in august and september, 2000. the studies took place in the malaria endemic villages of khammouane province, southeast of lao pdr. a total of 28 species were collected using human and animal bait. human bait attracted predominantly anopheles dirus and an. minimus, which were identified as vectors by the detection of sporozoites by dissection, pcr, and enzyme-lin ... | 2002 | 12693588 |
| monitoring malaria control in khammouane province, laos: an active case detection survey of plasmodium falciparum malaria using the paracheck rapid diagnostic test. | in khammouane province, laos, over 5000 slide-positive malaria cases were reported at local health facilities in 1997. to combat the spread of malaria, insecticide-treated nets (itns) and community health education were provided to the people in this province by the lao ministry of health and the japan international cooperation agency. in order to document the current malaria situation, an active case detection (acd) survey using rapid diagnostic tests was conducted at 23 sites from june to july ... | 2008 | 18589463 |