Prevalence of Human Malaria Infection in Pakistani Areas Bordering Iran: District Turbat, Pakistan

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作者：

Yasinzai, Mohammad Iqbal ^{[1
]}

Kakarsulemankhel, Juma Khan ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Balochistan, Dept Zool, Quetta, Pakistan

来源：

PAKISTAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY | 2012年 / 44卷 / 06期

关键词：

Human malaria; slide positivity rate; Plasmodium vivax; P; falciparum;

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中图分类号：

Q95 [动物学];

学科分类号：

071002 ;

摘要：

This paper reports the prevalence of malarial parasites in the human population of District Turbat. Out of a total of 5912 blood samples 46.4% were found positive for malarial parasite. The incidence of Plasmodium falciparium was 69.4% and P. vivax was 30.5%. The incidence was higher (72.1%) in males. Age wise, the prevalence of the disease was 70.7% and 69.2% for age group 21-years and above and 11-20 years. The prevalence was higher 87.5% in May. No case of P. malariae and P. ovale was detected.

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页码：1769 / 1772

页数：4