ASEXUAL ERYTHROCYTIC FORMS OF PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM IN ASYMPTOMATIC AMERICAN AND KOREAN SOLDIERS SERVING IN VIETNAM
Abstract
Three hundred and ninety-six American and 284 Korean soldiers on active duty in the Republic of Vietnam were examined for circulating malarial parasites. Forty Americans and four Koreans had from one to five asexual forms of Plasmodium falciparum per 100 oil-immersion fields of a stained thick blood smear. Only seven Americans with parasitemia developed clinical malaria during the four-week follow-up period; thus 33 were considered to be asymptomatic cases of falciparum malaria. No follow-up data are available on the Koreans. Malarial parasites were not observed in the following soldiers: 192 American combatants, 120 Australian combatants, and 76 Australian administrative and support soldiers.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1967
- Accession Number
- AD0652027
Entities
People
- A. T. Bourke
- E. A. Jankowski
Organizations
- Walter Reed Army Institute of Research