BACKGROUND Malaria is well known for its fatalities worldwide, Plasmodium vivax and the Plasmodium falciparum are the two important species of malaria reported from Pakistan and creating lots of morbidities across the country. METHOD Study was conducted to determine the Surveillance of malaria in South Punjab by microscopy and Polymerase chain reaction (PCR). RESULT samples out of 100 patie...

s: Aims: To study the incidence and outcome of complications in Plasmodium vivax. Material and methods: An analysis of smear positive Plasmodium vivax patients admitted to Civil Hospital, Ahmedabad from July2007 to September 2007 was done. Results: There were 118 cases of malaria: Plasmodium vivax only in 23 cases (19.4%), 1 was mixed infection and 94 were Plasmodium falciparum only. Out of the...

The primary focus of malaria research and control has been on Plasmodium falciparum, the most severe of the four Plasmodium species causing human disease. However, the presence of both P. falciparum and Plasmodium vivax occurs in several countries, including India. We developed a mathematical model describing the dynamics of P. vivax and P. falciparum in the human and mosquito populations and f...

This study was developed with the aim of characterizing Plasmodium vivax circumsporozoite protein genotypes on the Island of São Luís, Maranhão. Blood samples were taken for direct parasitological examination (thick blood film) from 126 individuals. Among these individuals, 109 samples were also taken for molecular diagnosis by means of the polymerase chain reaction. The parasitological examina...

background: approximately 85-90% of malaria infections in iran are attributed to plasmodium vivax , while little is known about the genetic of the parasite and its strain types in this region. this study was designed and performed for describing genetic characteristics of plasmodium vivax population of iran based on the merozoite surface protein-3α gene sequence. methods: through a descriptive ...

background: plasmodium vivax is responsible for approximately 80 million malaria cases in the world. apical membrane antigen1 (ama-1) is a type i integral membrane protein present in all plasmo­dium species. ama-1 interferes in critical steps of invasion of human hepatocytes by sporo­zoites and red blood cells by merozoites and is one of the most immunodominant antigens for elicit­ing a protect...

abstract background malaria is an acute and chronic illness characterized by paroxysms of fever, chills, sweating, fatigue, anemia, and splenomegaly. most malarial deaths occur in infants and young children.anemia in malaria has diverse pathophysiologic mechanisms such as direct invasion of red cells, in the following, we presented comparison of hematological aspects: children with malaria and ...

CLINICAL QUESTION How sensitive and specific are rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) for diagnosing Plasmodium vivax and nonfalciparum malaria in endemic areas? BOTTOM LINE Vivax-specific RDTs were highly sensitive and specific when compared with microscopy (the gold standard) for detecting P vivax malaria. RDTs that can only distinguish Plasmodium falciparum from nonfalciparum malaria were less se...

OBJECTIVE To determine the frequency of thrombocytopenia in malarial parasite (MP) positive patients. STUDY DESIGN A cross-sectional study. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Medical Unit-III, Ward-7, JPMC, Karachi, from June to October 2006. METHODOLOGY One hundred twenty four MP positive cases were included in the study. Infections with both Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax species w...