Revista de Enfermedades Infecciosas y Diagnóstico

Abstracto

A retrospective and prospective study on Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax: the case of Adama town, East Shoa Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia

Hunduma Dinka, Temesgen File, Lemu Golassa

Malaria is more often considered a problem of the rural poor and the disease has been overlooked in urban setting for centuries due to the assumption that economic development in urban area results in better life conditions like improved housing, drainage system and environmental changes that makes urban areas not conducive for breeding of malaria vector.