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Situation of Asymptomatic Malaria among Iranian Native and Afghan and Pakistani Immigrants in a Malarious Area under the National Malaria Elimination Program of Iran

BACKGROUND: This study was designed to detect, if there are asymptomatic malaria infections amongst native and immigrant population from Afghanistan and Pakistan countries in Sistan & Baluchistan Province of Iran, where is under the national malaria elimination program. METHODS: This cross-secti...

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Autores principales: ASKARI, Setareh, NATEGHPOUR, Mehdi, MOTEVALLI HAGHI, Afsaneh, FARIVAR, Leila, RAEISI, Ahmad, MOHEBALI, Mehdi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8039483/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33884010
http://dx.doi.org/10.18502/ijpa.v15i4.4858
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author ASKARI, Setareh
NATEGHPOUR, Mehdi
MOTEVALLI HAGHI, Afsaneh
FARIVAR, Leila
RAEISI, Ahmad
MOHEBALI, Mehdi
author_facet ASKARI, Setareh
NATEGHPOUR, Mehdi
MOTEVALLI HAGHI, Afsaneh
FARIVAR, Leila
RAEISI, Ahmad
MOHEBALI, Mehdi
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description BACKGROUND: This study was designed to detect, if there are asymptomatic malaria infections amongst native and immigrant population from Afghanistan and Pakistan countries in Sistan & Baluchistan Province of Iran, where is under the national malaria elimination program. METHODS: This cross-sectional study was performed among native individuals and resident immigrants in the southeastern province of Sistan & Baluchistan from May 2016 to Jul 2017. A total of 271 individuals were considered in this cross-sectional study based on microscopical method, Rapid Diagnostic Tests (RDTs) and PCR techniques. Out of 271 native and immigrant participants 140 (52%) and 131 (48%) were male and female, respectively. RESULTS: None of the prepared samples was diagnosed as malaria positive case when was considered via above mentioned three techniques. CONCLUSION: Neither native nor immigrant individuals had asymptomatic malaria, hinting that national malaria elimination program is performed according to planned schedule in the studied areas
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spelling pubmed-80394832021-04-20 Situation of Asymptomatic Malaria among Iranian Native and Afghan and Pakistani Immigrants in a Malarious Area under the National Malaria Elimination Program of Iran ASKARI, Setareh NATEGHPOUR, Mehdi MOTEVALLI HAGHI, Afsaneh FARIVAR, Leila RAEISI, Ahmad MOHEBALI, Mehdi Iran J Parasitol Original Article BACKGROUND: This study was designed to detect, if there are asymptomatic malaria infections amongst native and immigrant population from Afghanistan and Pakistan countries in Sistan & Baluchistan Province of Iran, where is under the national malaria elimination program. METHODS: This cross-sectional study was performed among native individuals and resident immigrants in the southeastern province of Sistan & Baluchistan from May 2016 to Jul 2017. A total of 271 individuals were considered in this cross-sectional study based on microscopical method, Rapid Diagnostic Tests (RDTs) and PCR techniques. Out of 271 native and immigrant participants 140 (52%) and 131 (48%) were male and female, respectively. RESULTS: None of the prepared samples was diagnosed as malaria positive case when was considered via above mentioned three techniques. CONCLUSION: Neither native nor immigrant individuals had asymptomatic malaria, hinting that national malaria elimination program is performed according to planned schedule in the studied areas Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2020 /pmc/articles/PMC8039483/ /pubmed/33884010 http://dx.doi.org/10.18502/ijpa.v15i4.4858 Text en Copyright © 2020 Askari et al. Published by Tehran University of Medical Sciences https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/). Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted, provided the original work is properly cited.
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ASKARI, Setareh
NATEGHPOUR, Mehdi
MOTEVALLI HAGHI, Afsaneh
FARIVAR, Leila
RAEISI, Ahmad
MOHEBALI, Mehdi
Situation of Asymptomatic Malaria among Iranian Native and Afghan and Pakistani Immigrants in a Malarious Area under the National Malaria Elimination Program of Iran
title Situation of Asymptomatic Malaria among Iranian Native and Afghan and Pakistani Immigrants in a Malarious Area under the National Malaria Elimination Program of Iran
title_full Situation of Asymptomatic Malaria among Iranian Native and Afghan and Pakistani Immigrants in a Malarious Area under the National Malaria Elimination Program of Iran
title_fullStr Situation of Asymptomatic Malaria among Iranian Native and Afghan and Pakistani Immigrants in a Malarious Area under the National Malaria Elimination Program of Iran
title_full_unstemmed Situation of Asymptomatic Malaria among Iranian Native and Afghan and Pakistani Immigrants in a Malarious Area under the National Malaria Elimination Program of Iran
title_short Situation of Asymptomatic Malaria among Iranian Native and Afghan and Pakistani Immigrants in a Malarious Area under the National Malaria Elimination Program of Iran
title_sort situation of asymptomatic malaria among iranian native and afghan and pakistani immigrants in a malarious area under the national malaria elimination program of iran
topic Original Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8039483/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33884010
http://dx.doi.org/10.18502/ijpa.v15i4.4858
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