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Plasmodium Malariae in Ugandan Children

II. Malaria Parasites in Children at Mulago Hospital in Kampala

Donald L. Price^* AND C. J. Lewthwaite

Among 240 children reporting to the Out-Patient Service of Mulago Hospital, Kampala, Uganda, 179 (74.6%) were found to have malaria parasites in the blood. Plasmodium falciparum, which was the predominant parasite, was found either alone or mixed with P. malariae in 98 (76%), P. malariae was found alone or mixed with P. falciparum in 76 (59%), and the species present could not be identified in 50 of the infected children.

It can be concluded from these results that P. malariae is a common parasite of children in the Kampala area of Uganda, and its importance in clinical malaria should be further investigated.

^* Makerere University College Medical School, Kampala, Uganda, and Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Washington 12, D. C.

Paediatric Division, Mulago Hospital, Kampala, Uganda.