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14 MALARIA 
Relative frequency 
species of malaria 
plasmodia 6 
P. falciparum 
P. vivax 
P. malariae 
P. vivax and 
P. falciparum about 
equal 
P. malariae (imported) 
P. falciparum 90.3% 
P. vivax 9.2% 
P. malariae 0.3% 
P. falciparum 65% 
P. vivax 32% 
P. malariae 3% 
No data; all three 
species present 
P. falciparum 55% 
P. vivax 43 % 
P. malariae 2% 
P. falciparum 65% 
P. vivax 30% 
P. malariae 5% 
P. falciparum 75% 
P. vivax 22% 
P. malariae 3% 
P. falciparum 88.8% 
P. malariae 9.6% 
P. was: 1.5% 
.Facilities for blood 
film diagnosis 
Labs, in port cities 
Labs, in cities; spe¬ 
cial surveys 
Well-equipped cen¬ 
tral lab. 
Hospital and health 
center labs. 
Labs, in Capitol and 
elsewhere 
Many labs, avail¬ 
able for use 
Hospital labs, fully 
equipped 
Lab. at Pointe A 
Pitre 
Good lab. facilities 
throughout 
Methods of routine 
diagnosis 
Mostly clinical out¬ 
side port cities ex¬ 
cept special surveys 
Mostly clinical, 
some blood film and 
spleen exams. 
1. Blood films 
2. Clinical 
Blood films in hos¬ 
pitals otherwise 
clinical 
Primarily clinical, 
rarely blood films 
1. Blood films 
2. Clinical 
Blood films 
exclusively 
Mostly clinical 
Mostly blood films 
Notifiable 
disease 
No 
No 
No 
No 
No 
Yes 
Yes 
No 
Yes 
Av. deaths 
per 100,000 
l> 
o 2 
« ci & I-l 
^ ^ oo « ^ 
osooo OO 50 iH-t* oo coo 
(N —1 <N OJ rH,-| t-H rHt- 
Av. morbidity 
per 100,000 
1220“ 
3000-83,000; parasite 
rates: 0-83.3 4 
322; survey rates: 
0-1.2%; av. spleen 
rate, children 10% 
1150; survey rates: 
3.3-15.4%; spleen 
rates: 0.5-14%; (Boyd, 
1929) 
1729 
3884 s (1937) 
1699; survey av. rate: 
16.6%; av. spleen rate: 
34.8% 
873.6 
1930; survey rates: 
5.7-13.85%; spleen 
rates: 2-59% 
5880; parasite rates: 
4.6-28.7% 
Country, source of 
data and period 
Panama (Simmons 
et al .) 1939 
Cuba (off. rept.) 
1929-39 
Jamaica (off. 
rept.) 1929-39 
Haiti (off. 
rept.) 1929-39 
Republica Domini- 
cana 1933-39 
Puerto Rico (off. 
rept.) 1929-39 
Virgin Islands (off. 
rept.) 1929-39 
Guadeloupe (off. 
rept.) 1935-39 
Antigua (off. 
rept.) 1932-39 
