Mixed malaria infections, Plasmodium falciparum and P. vivax, are suspected to occur at a greater frequency than is detected by conventional light microscopy. In order to determine the year round pattern of transmission and the frequency of mixed infections in malaria endemic area, we carried out a prospective comparison of diagnosis by conventional light microscopy and nested PCR in Chahbahar ...

Anopheles pulcherrimus Theobald has a wide distribution in western Asia and is a potential vector of malaria in Iran. We have examined the rDNA-ITS2 (internal transcribed spacer 2) region of An. pulcherrimus specimens collected during the two peaks of activity (May-June and October-November) from Sistan and Baluchistan province, southeastern Iran. There were no consistent differences between sp...

Background and objectives: Malaria is a remarkable cause of death in the world. Several ways are used by researchers to control or to decrease the detrimental effects of the disease, in which natural insecticides with less malaria vectors resistance and lower environmental damages are considered in last decades.The objective of this study was to assess the larvicidal activity of the whole flowe...

Background: Malaria is one of the most important infectious diseases in tropical and subtropical regions, 45% population living areas that suffer from stable malaria transmission Sudan. The prevalence symptomatic Plasmodium infection based on microscopy RDTs poorly documented Nyala city. This study was conducted to determine plasmodium molecular identification species city, Sudan.
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Malaria is a serious public health problem worldwide. Globally concerted efforts are underway to control and eliminate it. Despite recent slowdown, substantial achievements have been recorded in the last 20 years. However, its eradication requires successful elimination of all Plasmodium parasites among symptomatic, asymptomatic, sub-microscopic infections. This review aimed at assessing...

evaluation of a malaria screening program was carried out in two screened afghan refugee camps in bardsir and rafsanjan and compared to non-screened afghan refugees within kerman, as well as refugees with malaria diagnosed by communicable disease control (cdc) laboratories in kennan and rafsanjan, by parasitological blood examinations. the study involved 456 residents of two refugee camps and r...

background: because of the lack of an effective and economical control strategy against malaria (the most devastating infectious disease in developing countries) transmission-blocking vaccines (tbvs) concept has been raised in recent years, promising a more efficient way to malaria control. tbvs aim at interfering and/or blocking pathogen development within the vector, halting transmission to n...