BACKGROUND Malaria is a major public health problem in the malaria endemic zones of the world. Various factors influence the prevalence of malaria. This study was conducted to determine the variation in frequency of Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium falciparum malaria in different seasons of the year in Khyber Teaching Hospital, Peshawar. METHODS A total of 411 patients were included in the stu...

background: one of the most important enzymatic disorders that interact with malaria is deficiency of g6pd (gloucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase). this enzyme protects red blood cells from hydrogen peroxide and other oxidative damages. distribution of this enzyme deficiency usually accompanies with low level distribution of malaria disease in most malarious areas. so this hypothesis may be consid...

background: plasmodium vivax is the most widespread species of plasmodium in humans and causing about 80 million clinical cases annually. this study was under-taken to detect p. vivax in asymptomatic treated vivax malaria patients to trace la-tent/sub-patent malaria infection. method: the venous blood of all detected cases with p. vivax in bashagard, minab and roodan districts in hormozgan prov...

one of the most important infectious diseases in the world is malaria. about half of the world populations are exposed to the risk of the disease. the program for controlling and eradication of malaria has been being conducted in our country since many years ago. one of the public health problems in the endemic and non-endemic countries is imported malaria which can cause new and permanent infe...

In 2010, there were estimated 219 million cases of malaria resulting in 666,000 deaths and two-thirds were children. Children are more vulnerable than adults to malaria parasites. In sub-Saharan African countries, maternal malaria is associated with up to 200,000 estimated infant deaths yearly. Malaria is caused by five Plasmodium parasites namely: Plasmodium falciparum, Plasmodium vivax, Plasm...

BACKGROUND Botswana is one of eight SADC countries targeting malaria elimination by 2018. Through spirited upscaling of control activities and passive surveillance, significant reductions in case incidence of Plasmodium falciparum (0.96 - 0.01) was achieved between 2008 and 2012. As part of the elimination campaign, active detection of asymptomatic Plasmodium species by a highly sensitive metho...

Malaria still poses a threat to the health of residents and travellers in tropical countries, which causes high morbidity and mortality. The present study was undertaken for cultivation of the Plasmodium vivax in McCoy’s 5A medium and observed for their growth. Cultivation of Plasmodium vivax was done according to modified method of Jensen and Trager (1980) in immature red blood cells (reticulo...

Histological evidence of Plasmodium in the placenta is indicative of placental malaria, a condition associated with severe outcomes for mother and child. Histological lesions found in placentas from Plasmodium-exposed women include syncytial knotting, syncytial rupture, thickening of the placental barrier, necrosis of villous tissue and intervillositis. These histological changes have been asso...

background: the worldwide distribution of p. vivax has expanded significantly and the number of reported cases has been on the rise. approximately 88% of malaria cases in iran are caused by plasmodium vivax , and in order to management of the disease, understanding the population genetic structure of the parasite is necessary for designing and applying drugs and vaccines. among many potential c...