background: there were about of 124 to 283 million cases of malaria with 367,000 to 755,000 deaths annually. this study aimed to assess the prevalence of malaria cases and associated risk factors among attendants at chichu and wonago health centers, south ethiopia. methods: in this health institution based cross sectional study, 324 subjects, attendants from outpatient department who came for a...

background: use of bed-net continues to offer potential strategy for malaria prevention in endemic areas. local communi­ties are indispensable during design and implementation stages. methods: a cross-sectional study of 192 randomly selected inhabitants was carried out in malarious zone, siahoo dire­strict, hormozgan province, southern iran. in addition, we monitored human landing periodicity o...

background : the most part of iran become malaria-free region and fall in prevention of re-introduction stage. these regions however are struggling with imported of malaria cases where malaria vectors exist. therefore, understanding the situation of mosquito vectors is crucial. this study was carried out to find out the present situation of malaria vectors and malaria transmission potential in ...

Background: Malaria is still account for 200 million cases annually. Microscopy is the gold standard technique for malaria parasites detection. PCR-based techniques can detect malaria infections with high sensitivity. The study aimed to evaluate the sensitivity of microscopy technique in the detection of P. falciparum and P. vivax, using monoplex real-time PCR, Gezira State, Central Sudan. Met...

b a ckground: malaria still is considered as a public health problem in iran. the aim of the national malaria control department is to reach the elimination by 2024. by decreasing the number of malaria cases in preelimination phase the cost effectiveness of malaria interventions decreases considerably. this study estimated the cost effectiveness of various strategies to combat malaria in preeli...

abstract background: malaria is one of the most serious diseases in pregnant women as well as children less than 5 years around the world. the present study aimed to investigate the effect of health education based on the protection motivation theory on malaria preventive behaviors in the households of ghale ganj, kerman, iran in 2011. methods: the present quasi‑experimental study was conducted...

background: a successful malaria elimination program calls for enough attention to parasite carri­ers, especially asymptomatic malaria, as well as the diagnosis and treatment of clinical cases. asymptomatic malaria is an infection that patients do not show any symptom; thus, these patients play critical role in the concept of an elimination program. the current investigation was con­ducted to e...

Quinine is the best studied drug for treating severe malaria in very young children. Quinine may be administered in pregnancy and, at therapeutic doses, malformations have not been reported. Some strains of quinine from Southeast Asia and South America have become resistant. Quinine is the treatment of choice for the drug-resistant severe Plasmodium falciparum. The antimalarial mechanism of qui...