Prevalence of malaria, typhoid and co-infection in District DIR (lower), Pakistan
Malaria and typhoid fever are among the most endemic diseases in the tropical and developing countries. Both diseases share similar transmission factor and often have the similar symptom. Based on this reason, much medical personnel try to cure both malaria and typhoid instantaneously in each case...
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Malaria and typhoid fever are among the most endemic diseases in the tropical and developing countries. Both diseases share similar transmission factor and often have the similar symptom. Based on this reason, much medical personnel try to cure both malaria and typhoid instantaneously in each case of suspected Salmonella infection and vice versa. The District Dir (Lower) is a favorable location for the protozoan nourishment and secondly mostly reported cases of malaria and typhoid co-infections. The main objective of this study was to find out the prevalence of malaria and typhoid co-infection in the District Dir (Lower), Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK), Pakistan. The blood samples of 1889 patients were examined from September 2012 to April 2013, out of which 311 (16.46%) were positive for malaria and typhoid. Out of these infected, 117 (38%) sample was positive for malaria, 183 (58%) sample were positive for typhoid while co-infected cases were only 11 (4%). The current results indicate that this area is endemic for malaria and typhoid and co-infection. Its infection is prevalent in both the genders at varying degrees.
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| spelling | doaj.art-dafc95317e6a4e76865fedb7aaea3ca42022-12-21T21:10:35ZengUniversidade Federal de UberlândiaBioscience Journal1981-31632019-02-01351Prevalence of malaria, typhoid and co-infection in District DIR (lower), PakistanAsma Waheed Qureshi0Zaib- Ullah Khan1Luqman Khan2Abu Mansoor3Rashid Minhas4Department of Zoology, Government College Women University, SialkotDepartment of Zoology, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Khyber PakhtunkhwaGraduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, SendaiDepartment of Zoology, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Khyber PakhtunkhwaDepartment of Zoology, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Malaria and typhoid fever are among the most endemic diseases in the tropical and developing countries. Both diseases share similar transmission factor and often have the similar symptom. Based on this reason, much medical personnel try to cure both malaria and typhoid instantaneously in each case of suspected Salmonella infection and vice versa. The District Dir (Lower) is a favorable location for the protozoan nourishment and secondly mostly reported cases of malaria and typhoid co-infections. The main objective of this study was to find out the prevalence of malaria and typhoid co-infection in the District Dir (Lower), Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK), Pakistan. The blood samples of 1889 patients were examined from September 2012 to April 2013, out of which 311 (16.46%) were positive for malaria and typhoid. Out of these infected, 117 (38%) sample was positive for malaria, 183 (58%) sample were positive for typhoid while co-infected cases were only 11 (4%). The current results indicate that this area is endemic for malaria and typhoid and co-infection. Its infection is prevalent in both the genders at varying degrees. https://seer-dev.ufu.br/index.php/biosciencejournal/article/view/42250MalariaTyphoidCo-infectionKPK |
| spellingShingle | Asma Waheed Qureshi Zaib- Ullah Khan Luqman Khan Abu Mansoor Rashid Minhas Prevalence of malaria, typhoid and co-infection in District DIR (lower), Pakistan Bioscience Journal Malaria Typhoid Co-infection KPK |
| title | Prevalence of malaria, typhoid and co-infection in District DIR (lower), Pakistan |
| title_full | Prevalence of malaria, typhoid and co-infection in District DIR (lower), Pakistan |
| title_fullStr | Prevalence of malaria, typhoid and co-infection in District DIR (lower), Pakistan |
| title_full_unstemmed | Prevalence of malaria, typhoid and co-infection in District DIR (lower), Pakistan |
| title_short | Prevalence of malaria, typhoid and co-infection in District DIR (lower), Pakistan |
| title_sort | prevalence of malaria typhoid and co infection in district dir lower pakistan |
| topic | Malaria Typhoid Co-infection KPK |
| url | https://seer-dev.ufu.br/index.php/biosciencejournal/article/view/42250 |
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