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High incidence of malaria along the Pak-Afghan bordering area.
OBJECTIVE: To check the epidemiology of malaria along Pak-Afghan bordering area..
METHODS: The prospective study was conducted at Hatmi Medical Centre, Barmal district, Afghanistan, from March 2014 to February 2016, and comprised patients living in bordering areas between Pakistan's North Waziristan Agency and Afghanistan's Paktika province. Blood samples were collected from subjects with symptoms of malaria for plasmodium microscopy in Giemsa-stained thick and thin film. Slides were stored in a secure slide box and were reconfirmed by microscopy expert at the Department of Pathology, Gomal Medical College, Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan. SPSS 19 was used for data analysis.
RESULTS: Of the total 3,840 patients, 2,655(69.1%) tested negative for malaria while the remaining 1,185(30.9%) tested positive - of whom 788(66.5%) were males and 397(33.5%) were females. Of the positive cases, positive, 1,074(90.6%) were Plasmodium vivax, 76(6.4%) Plasmodium falciparum and 35(3%) were mixed species infections with no case of Plasmodium ovale and Plasmodium malariae.
CONCLUSIONS: Strict malaria-control measures are needed in both countries.
METHODS: The prospective study was conducted at Hatmi Medical Centre, Barmal district, Afghanistan, from March 2014 to February 2016, and comprised patients living in bordering areas between Pakistan's North Waziristan Agency and Afghanistan's Paktika province. Blood samples were collected from subjects with symptoms of malaria for plasmodium microscopy in Giemsa-stained thick and thin film. Slides were stored in a secure slide box and were reconfirmed by microscopy expert at the Department of Pathology, Gomal Medical College, Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan. SPSS 19 was used for data analysis.
RESULTS: Of the total 3,840 patients, 2,655(69.1%) tested negative for malaria while the remaining 1,185(30.9%) tested positive - of whom 788(66.5%) were males and 397(33.5%) were females. Of the positive cases, positive, 1,074(90.6%) were Plasmodium vivax, 76(6.4%) Plasmodium falciparum and 35(3%) were mixed species infections with no case of Plasmodium ovale and Plasmodium malariae.
CONCLUSIONS: Strict malaria-control measures are needed in both countries.
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