Journal Article
Prevalence and distribution of human Plasmodium infection in Federally Administrative Tribal Areas of Pakistan
Irfan Hussain; Naveeda Akhtar Qureshi; Muhammad Afzal; Nargis Shaheen; Abid Ali; Asma Ashraf
Acta Parasitologica · Vol. 61, Issue 3 · 2016
Abstract
About 3.6 million Pashtun and over 1.5 million immigrants from Afghanistan live in the federally administered tribal areas (FATA) on the border between Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province and southern Afghanistan. Although malaria cases are common in FATA, no detailed studies have yet been performed to reveal the actual status of malaria in the local population and epidemiological data are insufficient to elucidate the actual incidence. A malariometric survey of 691 patients of all ages and genders in seven agencies (districts) in FATA was carried out in 2013 using whole blood samples. Microscopically confirmed positive species were subjected to nested-PCR for the reconfirmation and detection of four species of
Bibliographic Information
| Journal | Acta Parasitologica |
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| Publisher | Springer |
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| Publication Date | 2016-01-01 |
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| Publication Year | 2016 |
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| Volume | 61 |
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| Issue | 3 |
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| Document Type | Journal Article |
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| Print ISSN | 1230-2821 |
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| eISSN | 1896-1851 |
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| DOI | 10.1515/ap-2016-0071 |
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