MALARIA IN SCHOOL GOING CHILDREN OF VILLAGES OF MULTAN DISTRICT (PUNJAB) PAKISTAN: AN INCREASINGLY IMPORANT CHALLENGE

Authors

  • MUHAMMAD ZAFAR Post graduate Department of Zoology, Government Emerson College, Multan
  • IRAM MUSHTAQ Department of Pathology, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (UVAS), Lahore.
  • SAMRAH MASUD Department of Zoology, Institute of Pure and Applied Biology, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan.
  • MOHAMMAD HASHIR LATIF Shahid Islam Medical and Dental College, Lodhran
  • MUHAMMAD SHARJEEL NOOR Quid-e-Azam Medical College, Bahawalpur

Abstract

A survey of four villages of primary school children of Multan District was made during April 2018 – September 2018 for the incidence of malarial parasites. A total of 336 blood films were collected. Out of which 206 (61.30%) were found to be positive. Out of this ratio, 101 (49.02%) were male and 105 (50.98%) were female with malaria parasites. An overall incidence of malaria parasites in male was 62.34% while in female was 60.34%. Among them 26.54% male and 26.43% female were infected with Plasmodium vivax, 17.28% male and 17.24% female were infected with Plasmodium malariae, 12.96% male and 12.06% female were infected with Plasmodium falciparum while 5.55% male and 4.59% female were infected with Plasmodium ovale parasites. The highest and lowest intensities of infections were also recorded among all these malarial parasites. (Keywords: Children, Malaria, Plasmodium vivax, Plasmodium malariae, Plasmodium falciparum, Plasmodium ovale.)

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Published

2019-06-03

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Vol. 9 No. 1 (2019): Volume 9(1) June, 2019

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