objectives microscopy of giemsa-stained thick and thin peripheral blood smear (pbs) remains as the standard laboratory method for the diagnosis of symptomatic malaria. this study was done to compare pbs with polymerase chain reaction (pcr) method for detecting asymptomatic malaria parasitemia. patients and method blood samples were collected from 900 asymptomatic school children between 7-11 ye...

background: plasmodium vivax is the predominant species causes of malaria with about 90% total annual reported malaria in iran. this study conducted to determine the susceptibility of plasmodium vivax isolates to chloroquine in sistan and balochistan province, southeastern iran. methods: a total 270 subjects with symptomatic malaria and confirmed p. vivax infection completed the designed 28-day...

Malaria was once one of the most severe public health problems in China. However, after 70 years integrated interventions, substantial progress has been made, and remarkable milestones have met malaria elimination On June 30 th , 2021, China officially certified as a malaria-free country by World Health Organization. This paper highlights achievements of, lessons learned from programme.

malaria has always been regarded as one of the most important health problems with which iran is faced. most parts of the country, especially densely populated areas, were known as malarious areas. records of 1947 show that 25% of cases referred to health centers and dispensaries of the ministry of health were due to malaria in khuzestan and caspian sea areas. the mortality rate of malaria in t...

objective: malaria is an infectious disease commonplace in tropical countries. for many years, major antimalarial drugs consisted of natural products, but since 1930s these drugs have been largely replaced with a series of synthetic drugs. this article tries to briefly indicate that some plants which previously were used to treat malaria, as a result of deficiencies of synthetic drugs, have rev...

Abstract Due to intense ongoing urbanization in the Amazon, urban pattern of malaria may be changing, both its spatial distribution and epidemiological profile. The purpose this paper is analyze how process production space Porto Velho, capital state Rondonia, Brazil has contributed occurrence maintenance malaria. Using data collected from Malaria Epidemiological Surveillance System (SIVEP-Mala...

b a ckground : anopheles culicifacies is an important vector of malaria in southeast asia, contributing to almost 70%of malaria cases in india. it exists as a complex of five morphologically indistinguishable species a, b, c, d and e with varied geographical distribution patterns. in india, 8% of the total population of madhya pradesh (central india) contributes about 30% of total malaria cases...

malaria is a parasitic disease that is starting to be encountered in intensive care units (icu) worldwide, owing to increasing globalisation. severe malaria caused by plasmodium falciparum , is characterised by cerebral malaria, acute renal failure, hypoglycaemia, severe anaemia, splenomegaly and alveolar oedema. we present the case of a 25-yr old male patient who presented to the emergency dep...

background: malaria is the most important transfusion-transmitted infection (tti) in worldwide after viral hepatitis and human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) infection. the main objective of the present study was to review and evaluate the transmission of malaria via blood transfusion in iran. methods : a literature search was done without time limitation in the electronic databases as follows: p...

Introduction and Aim: Malaria is endemic in many parts of India. Glucose 6 phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency known to protect against malaria. G6PD deficient individuals afflicted with malaria when treated primaquine, the first line oxidant drug malaria, encounter adverse fatal complications due acute precipitation hemolytic anemia. There a need assess RBC indices its implications defic...