The Incidence of Malaria in Human Population of Shergarh District Mardan Pakistan
Journal Title: Biomedical Journal of Scientific & Technical Research (BJSTR) - Year 2019, Vol 18, Issue 5
Abstract
This study aimed at investigating the occurrence of malaria infection in human population of Shergarh district Mardan during August 2015 to July 2016. Sum of 2830 blood samples were collected from male (n=1560) and female (n=1270) febrile patients visiting Rural Health Center (RHC) Shergarh. All samples were subjected to microscopic analysis to determine the prevalence of plasmodium genotypes in the study area. Among 2830 studied samples 228 samples (8.056%) were found to be positive for malaria including 122 (53.50%) male and 106 (46.49%) female positive subjects. All of the positive samples were detected with only plasmodium vivax infection. Age wise distribution of positive cases revealed the higher rate of infection as 122/228 (53.07%) in group C (31-45 years) followed by group B (16-30 years) as 70/228 (30.70%) and A group (4-15 years) as 37/ 228 (16.22%). The highest rate of infection was recorded in September as 49/228 (21.49%) followed by August, October and May as 32/228 (14.03%), 31/228 (13.59%) and 31/228 (13.59%), respectively. While the lowest number of cases was found in January and February each as 1/228 (0.43%) followed by March and July as 4/228 (1.75%) and 5/228 (2.19%), respectively. It was concluded that malaria is still a major problem in rural population of District Mardan especially in Shergarh region might be due to poor sewage system and improper irrigation system in the area. Effective and prompt measures should be taken to curb the malarial infection at local and nationwide level in Pakistan by the government and non-government organizations.
Authors and Affiliations
Inayat Ullah, Sulaiman Shams, Ibrar Ullah, Hazrat Wali, Mehwish Nawaz, Sahib Gul Afridi
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- DOI 10.26717/BJSTR.2019.18.003210
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