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F Domingo

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PubMed1997

Perceptions of malaria in a low endemic area in the Philippines: transmission and prevention of disease.

Qualitative methods were used to gather data on community perceptions of malaria in Morong, Bataan. People recognised an illness which they called "malarya' through a discrete set of symptoms: high fever and intense chills, with or without a severe headache. Self-medication was common. Enquiry into perceptions of cause and prevention of the disease revealed a complex mixture of beliefs involving environmental conditions, the mosquito vector and parasites, but included also various ideas about dirty water, diet, hunger and conditions of hygiene. The implications of these findings for disease control, and the relationship between knowledge and practices, are discussed.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1982

Boutonneuse fever.

Sixty children, aged between 2 and 10 years, had boutonneuse fever during the summer months of 1979 and 1980. They presented with fever and a generalised maculopapular rash. The tàche noire could be seen at the site of the tick bite in 38 (63%) of them. The antibody response, assayed nonspecifically, by the Weil-Felix reaction was positive in 52. A singe titre of more than 1:80 or a 4-fold increase between two paired specimens separated by a 7-day interval was considered diagnostic. Maximum titres were reached at the end of the second week of convalescence in 81% of patients. Treatment with oral oxytetracycline was effective in all cases.

Antibody Formation↗