Prescription pattern in admitted malaria patients with respect to national malaria guidelines.

Abstract

Malaria is a disease caused by infection with single celled protozoan parasite of the genus plasmodium and five plasmodium species are known to infect humans- P. falciparum, P. vivax, P. ovale, P.knowlesi and P. malaria. Of these, majority of cases reported are due to infection with P. falciparum and P. vivax. P. falciparum is associated with the most severe form of the disease (1).