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Population-Based Seroprevalence of Malaria in Hormozgan Province, Southeastern Iran: A Low Transmission Area

The seroepidemiological condition of malaria in three main districts of Hormozgan Province, a low transmission area in southeast of Iran, was investigated. Methods. Sera samples (803) were collected from healthy volunteers from the three main districts (Bandar Lengeh in the west, Bandar Abbas in the...

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Autores principales: Hatam, Gholam Reza, Nejati, Fatemeh, Mohammadzadeh, Tahereh, Shahriari Rad, Reza, Sarkari, Bahador
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Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4620240/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26543662
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/174570
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author Hatam, Gholam Reza
Nejati, Fatemeh
Mohammadzadeh, Tahereh
Shahriari Rad, Reza
Sarkari, Bahador
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Nejati, Fatemeh
Mohammadzadeh, Tahereh
Shahriari Rad, Reza
Sarkari, Bahador
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description The seroepidemiological condition of malaria in three main districts of Hormozgan Province, a low transmission area in southeast of Iran, was investigated. Methods. Sera samples (803) were collected from healthy volunteers from the three main districts (Bandar Lengeh in the west, Bandar Abbas in the center, and Bandar Jask in the east) of Hormozgan Province. A questionnaire was used to record the sociodemographic features of the participants during sample collecting. An in-house ELISA test, using crude antigens obtained from cell culture of Plasmodium falciparum, was adapted and used to detect anti-malaria antibodies in the sera. Results. The overall seroprevalence of malaria was 8.7% (70 out of 803 samples). A significant correlation was found between seropositivity and place of residence, where the highest rate of seropositivity was seen in Bandar Lengeh (west of the province). The highest seroprevalence of malaria (13.2%) was seen in the age group of 11–20 years and also in low educated individuals. Correlation between seropositivity and gender, age, and educational levels of the participants was statistically significant (P < 0.05). Conclusion. Findings of this study indicate that the rate of seropositivity to malaria in this area is not high and this might be linked to the success of malaria control programs during the last decades in the region.
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spelling pubmed-46202402015-11-05 Population-Based Seroprevalence of Malaria in Hormozgan Province, Southeastern Iran: A Low Transmission Area Hatam, Gholam Reza Nejati, Fatemeh Mohammadzadeh, Tahereh Shahriari Rad, Reza Sarkari, Bahador Malar Res Treat Research Article The seroepidemiological condition of malaria in three main districts of Hormozgan Province, a low transmission area in southeast of Iran, was investigated. Methods. Sera samples (803) were collected from healthy volunteers from the three main districts (Bandar Lengeh in the west, Bandar Abbas in the center, and Bandar Jask in the east) of Hormozgan Province. A questionnaire was used to record the sociodemographic features of the participants during sample collecting. An in-house ELISA test, using crude antigens obtained from cell culture of Plasmodium falciparum, was adapted and used to detect anti-malaria antibodies in the sera. Results. The overall seroprevalence of malaria was 8.7% (70 out of 803 samples). A significant correlation was found between seropositivity and place of residence, where the highest rate of seropositivity was seen in Bandar Lengeh (west of the province). The highest seroprevalence of malaria (13.2%) was seen in the age group of 11–20 years and also in low educated individuals. Correlation between seropositivity and gender, age, and educational levels of the participants was statistically significant (P < 0.05). Conclusion. Findings of this study indicate that the rate of seropositivity to malaria in this area is not high and this might be linked to the success of malaria control programs during the last decades in the region. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015 2015-10-12 /pmc/articles/PMC4620240/ /pubmed/26543662 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/174570 Text en Copyright © 2015 Gholam Reza Hatam et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Hatam, Gholam Reza
Nejati, Fatemeh
Mohammadzadeh, Tahereh
Shahriari Rad, Reza
Sarkari, Bahador
Population-Based Seroprevalence of Malaria in Hormozgan Province, Southeastern Iran: A Low Transmission Area
title Population-Based Seroprevalence of Malaria in Hormozgan Province, Southeastern Iran: A Low Transmission Area
title_full Population-Based Seroprevalence of Malaria in Hormozgan Province, Southeastern Iran: A Low Transmission Area
title_fullStr Population-Based Seroprevalence of Malaria in Hormozgan Province, Southeastern Iran: A Low Transmission Area
title_full_unstemmed Population-Based Seroprevalence of Malaria in Hormozgan Province, Southeastern Iran: A Low Transmission Area
title_short Population-Based Seroprevalence of Malaria in Hormozgan Province, Southeastern Iran: A Low Transmission Area
title_sort population-based seroprevalence of malaria in hormozgan province, southeastern iran: a low transmission area
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4620240/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26543662
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/174570
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