Open AccessSevere Falciparum Malaria— Difference in Mortality among Male and Nonpregnant Females
Author(s) -
Sagar Khadanga,
Pravat Kumar Thatoi,
Biswajit Mohapatra,
Namita Mohapatra,
Mohanty Cbk,
Tadepalli Karuna
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2014/10055.5280
Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , demography , malaria , mortality rate , shock (circulatory) , immunology , physics , sociology , optics
There are many studies regarding the gender difference in severe falciparum malaria. But most of these studies indeed refer to pregnant females only. There are scanty and conflicting reports regarding the mortality trend in nonpregnant females.