malaria had being widely prevalent for a long time in iran. before starting any anti-malarial campaign in iran about 60% of population was living in malaria endemic areas. in hyper-endemic areas, approximately 30 to 40% of the total mortality was due to malaria. the malariometric data, reported during 1921-1949 in the malaria surveys in some endemic areas, showed high endemicities of the diseas...

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 ...

Malaria is a major public health problem in India. India’s varied geography and diverse climatic conditions from tropical monsoon the south to temperate north, favor distribution of vectors species malaria parasite. India takes several forms, including forest/ tribal malaria, urban industrial plains malaria. P. falciparum P vivax contribute majority malarial cases deaths

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...

background: cerebral malaria (cm) is one of the major causes of death in african populations infected with plasmodium falciparum. only 1% of infected subjects develop cm. the reasons for these differences are not fully understood, but it is likely that the host humoral response against blood-stage antigens plays a role in protection from malaria, although the precise targets and mechanisms medi...

b ackground: malaria is still one of the most important infectious diseases in the world. the disease also is a public health problem in south and southeast of iran. this study programmed to show the correlation between regular malaria microscopy training and refresher training courses and control of malaria in iran. m ethods: three types of training courses were conducted in this programme inc...

Background: The present cross-sectional study was conducted to measure the population attributable risk (PAR) of severe anemia among children aged 6-23 months in the rural district of Kongoussi, in Burkina Faso. Methods: Socio-demographic, clinical, anthropometric, and biological data were collected from children and mothers. Results: In total, 671 children were included in the analysis, 50.4% ...