Malaria's indirect contribution to all-cause mortality in the Andaman Islands during the colonial era

Summary Malaria has a substantial secondary effect on other causes of mortality. From the 19th century, malaria epidemics in the Andaman Islands' penal colony were initiated by the brackish swamp-breeding malaria vector Anopheles sundaicus and fuelled by the importation of new prisoners. Malari...

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Published in:The Lancet infectious diseases 2008-09, Vol.8 (9), p.564-570
Main Authors: Shanks, G Dennis, Prof, Hay, Simon I, DPhil, Bradley, David J, Prof
Format: Article
Language:English
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Biological and medical sciences
Correlation coefficient
Dysentery
History, 19th Century
History, 20th Century
Human protozoal diseases
Humans
India - epidemiology
Infectious Disease
Infectious diseases
Islands
Malaria
Malaria - epidemiology
Malaria - history
Malaria - mortality
Medical sciences
Mortality
Parasitic diseases
Protozoal diseases
Public health
Vector-borne diseases
Waterborne diseases
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Summary:Summary Malaria has a substantial secondary effect on other causes of mortality. From the 19th century, malaria epidemics in the Andaman Islands' penal colony were initiated by the brackish swamp-breeding malaria vector Anopheles sundaicus and fuelled by the importation of new prisoners. Malaria was a major determinant of the highly variable all-cause mortality rate (correlation coefficient r2 =0·60, n=68, p
ISSN:1473-3099
1474-4457
DOI:10.1016/S1473-3099(08)70130-0