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Indian Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volume  10, Issue 2,  July - December 2022, Pages 27-28
 

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A Study of Malaria in Bhutan

Arvind Nath

Scientist ‘E’, ICMR-National Institute of Malaria Research, Dwarka, New Delhi 110077, India.

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DOI: DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21088/ijpm.2321.5917.10222.4

Abstract

INTRODUCTION Bhutan is in Southeast Asia. It is bordered on the north and west by China and on the south and east by India.

MATERIALS AND METHODS The study design included an online search of all data pertaining to Malaria in Bhutan from the year 2018 onwards.

RESULTS According to one study, there were 54 cases of Malaria in Bhutan in 2018. Of these, 6 were indigenous, 14 were introduced and 34 were imported.2 The definitions of indigenous, introduced, and imported Malaria cases are given below:3


Corresponding Author : Arvind Nath, Scientist ‘E’, ICMR-National Institute of Malaria Research, Dwarka, New Delhi 110077, India.