COMMUNICABLE DISEASES CONTROL UNIT MALARIA BULLETIN - SEPTEMBER 2007 Ref. CDCU/9/2007 Cases reported Jan - Sep. 07 1 October 2007 Cases reported in September 2007 No.of Cases Country of Species origin of infection Mauritians Foreigners 1 Pv India
District/Locality
1. PAMPLEMOUSSES (11 cases) 1. Pamplemousses 2. Triolet 3. Solitude 4. Tombeau Bay 5. Trou aux Biches 2. GRAND PORT (1 case) 1. Mahebourg 3. MOKA (2 Cases) 1. Moka 2. Belle Rive 4. P. WILHEMS (6 Cases) 1. Coromandel 2. Quinze Cantons 3. Curepipe 4. Forest Side 5. Trèfles 6. Floreal 5. Riv. DU REMPART (6 cases) 1. Péreybère 2. L'Amitié 3. Belle Vue Maurel 4. Grand Baie 5. Roches Noires 6. PORT LOUIS (2 cases) 1. Plaine Verte 2. Vallée pitot 7. BLACK RIVER (5 cases) 1. Albion 2. Camp Benoit 3. Pointe aux Sables 4. Tamarin 8. FLACQ (5 cases) 1. Pl. de Gersigny 2. Médine Camp de Masque TOTAL
6 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 4 1 38
1
Pv
India
1
Pv
India
3
3 Pv
Pf: Plasmodium falciparum Pv: Plasmodium vivax No. of cases among migrant workers for the month: 3
COMPARISON TABLE MALARIA CASES (2005-2007)
Year Month January February March April May June July August September Total
In 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005 Im A 3 3 5 1 2 3 1 4 5 27
Int 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
T 3 4 5 1 2 3 1 4 5 28
In 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 Im A Int 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 5 0 8 0 2 0 25 0
T 3 1 1 1 1 3 5 8 2 25
In 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 Im A Int 2 0 4 0 6 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 10 0 8 0 3 0 38 0
T 2 4 6 0 1 4 10 8 3 38
DISTRIBUTION OF IMPORTED A MALARIA CASES AMONG FOREIGNERS AND MAURITIAN NATIONALS BY COUNTRY OF ORIGIN OF INFECTION AND SPECIES OF MALARIA PARASITES (JANUARY - SEPTEMBER 2007) MAURITIANS No. of cases Total No. of by species cases of malaria parasites Pf Pv 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 4 2 6 FOREIGNERS No. of cases Total No. of Grand Total by species of cases malaria parasites Pf Pv 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 22 22 23 2 2 2 1 1 3 1 1 2 4 4 4 9 23 32 38
Country of origin of infection
Cameroun Chad Ghana India Kenya Madagascar Mozambique Nigeria TOTAL
In = Indigenous - a case infected locally; Im A = Imported A - a case which is imported; Int = Introduced - a case which is secondary to an Imported A case - = 0 case; T = Total
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