People returning from abroad frequently consult their general practitioners because of a febrile illness developing after arriving home. The cause of the fever may be immediately obvious when it is due to common conditions such as streptococcal tonsillitis or infectious mononucleosis. Sometimes, however, the doctor may be unable to make an immediate diagnosis and must consider the possibility t...

To determine factors associated with fetal growth, preterm delivery and stillbirth in an area of high malaria transmission in Southern Malawi, a cross-sectional study of pregnant women attending and delivering at two study hospitals was undertaken. A total of 243 (17.3%) babies were preterm and 54 (3.7%) stillborn. Intra-uterine growth retardation (IUGR) occurred in 285 (20.3%), of whom 109 (38...

Assistant Surgeon, Bengal Medical Service. Futteh Singh, a sepoy of the 5th Regiment, Native Light Infantry, was admitted into the hospital of this regiment, on the 7th of August, 1871, suffering from the following symptoms:?ascites; general anasarca, both feet and legs being especially oodematous; a feeling of great weakness; partial anorexia; a dull continuous aching pain in the lumbar region...

BACKGROUND Malaria still remains a public health problem in Iran. There are different vector control interventions such as insecticide spraying. The present study was carried out to determine the susceptibility status of Anopheles stephensi larvae to temephos as a national plan for monitoring and mapping of insecticide resistance. METHODS Eight different localities in two main malarious provi...

Surat faced the most devastating flood on 7 August 2006. This flood preceded by heavy rains in the catchment areas of Ukai Dam, and consequent massive releases of water from the dam from 6 August through 11 August 2006, inundated the city, and slums were the worst hit. Studies have reported increased mosquito breeding and epidemics of malaria as an aftermath of floods in Mandla1, subsequent to ...

Of all Papua New Guinea provinces, Enga has the largest proportion of people living at altitudes that preclude malaria transmission. However, the first systematic surveys in 1979 showed that malaria was endemic in lower-lying valleys to the north and east of the province. A series of new surveys conducted in both wet and dry seasons showed that these areas remain the main malaria focus in Enga....

Current global recommendations for routine malaria chemoprophylaxis in pregnant women living in endemic malarious areas are not clear. To assist in policy formulation, the evidence from randomized controlled trials was reviewed. The literature was extensively searched, and studies identified were systematically analysed in relation to outcomes in the mother and the baby. Routine chemoprophylaxi...

BACKGROUND According to willingness of the Ministry of Health, Iran and presence of appropriate conditions for disease elimination, national malaria control program decided to conduct a research to clarify malaria status in 2007 and to provide required information to perform the elimination program. This review is comprised of the basis of national malaria elimination program in vision of 2025,...