2012
DOI: 10.7705/biomedica.v32i0.620
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Malaria mortality in Colombia, 1979-2008

Abstract: Introducción. En Colombia, el paludismo representa un grave problema de salud pública. Se estima que, aproximadamente, 60 % de la población se encuentra en riesgo de enfermar o de morir por esta causa. Objetivo. Describir la tendencia de la mortalidad por paludismo en Colombia desde 1979 hasta 2008. Materiales y métodos. Se llevó a cabo un estudio descriptivo para determinar la tendencia de las tasas de mortalidad. Las fuentes de información fueron las bases de datos de las defunciones registradas y de las pro… Show more

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“…In Colombia, research groups activities have followed the work of the National Health Institute since 1990, focusing their efforts in biomedical (clinical, parasitological, entomological and epidemiological) issues with studies on malaria immunology, on the genetic characterization of the parasite, diagnostic methods, as well as research on herbal extracts with antimalarial activity, on the main infection vectors involved, on Plasmodium vivax control and, on the disease burden, diagnosis and the epidemiological surveillance of malaria in pregnant mothers [6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In Colombia, research groups activities have followed the work of the National Health Institute since 1990, focusing their efforts in biomedical (clinical, parasitological, entomological and epidemiological) issues with studies on malaria immunology, on the genetic characterization of the parasite, diagnostic methods, as well as research on herbal extracts with antimalarial activity, on the main infection vectors involved, on Plasmodium vivax control and, on the disease burden, diagnosis and the epidemiological surveillance of malaria in pregnant mothers [6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…7). El nivel de transmisión de la malaria puede variar entre países, inclusive dentro del territorio de los mismos: Colombia está caracterizada por presentar una transmisión hipo-endémica de malaria, y presenta variaciones en el nivel de transmisión en cada uno de los focos, esto se ve influenciado por las condiciones geográficas, climáticas, epidemiológicas y socioculturales del ambiente y de la población (2,3).…”
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“…However, studies subsequent to the creation of the Sivigila have estimated that in the case of the cpdn the under-registration of cases may still be around 60% (26); a situation that hinders the establishment of the true magnitude of malaria morbidity and mortality in the area (27).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%