EPIDEMIOLOGICAL EVALUATION OF MALARIA IN THE PERI-MILLENNIAL DECADE (1995-2004) IN ADANA, CUKUROVA REGION, TURKEY

DEMİRHİNDİ H., AKBABA M., SUTOLUK Z., OZDENER N.

NOBEL MEDICUS, cilt.5, ss.56-62, 2009 (SCI-Expanded) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 5
  • Basım Tarihi: 2009
  • Dergi Adı: NOBEL MEDICUS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.56-62
  • Çukurova Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Objective: Malaria is still an important public health problem with more than 300 millions of cases and almost two millions of deaths annually. Despite a sustain ed decrease, malaria is still prominent in Stratum-I and Adana, Turkey, due to the population density, the high rate of immigration/emigration. This study aimed to determine the status and changes of malaria characteristics in Adana province in terms of inter- and intra-annual frequencies, properties of the infected cases in the peri-millennium (1995 to 2004), and the affecting factors