Malaria Parasite Prevalence and Diagnostic Strategies in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.

Tariq Azam; Ibad Ullah; Maryam Iqbal; Fatima Atta; Basit Ali Khan; Murad Ali Khan

Malaria Parasite Prevalence and Diagnostic Strategies in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.

Authors

Tariq Azam Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Second Affiliated Hospital Hospital Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, Peoples Republic of China.
Ibad Ullah Department of Emergency & Department of Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, P. R. China.
Maryam Iqbal Department of Biochemistry, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan (AWKUM), Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
Fatima Atta Department of Parasitology, College of Veterinary Sciences, The University of Agriculture Peshawar, Pakistan.
Basit Ali Khan Department of Biomedical Engineering, Chung Yuan Christian University, Taiwan.
Murad Ali Khan Department of Parasitology, College of Veterinary Sciences, The University of Agriculture Peshawar, Pakistan.

Keywords:

Malarial parasites, Plasmodium vivax, Illiterate

Abstract

The study to determine the incidence of malarial parasite infections in the population of Dera Ismail Khan District was conducted at the District Headquarter Hospital between January and June 2023. Using standard parasitological procedures, both thick and thin blood films were prepared and stained. Overall, 228 (15.53%) of the 1,468 study participants were found to have malaria infections. Plasmodium vivax was identified as the dominant species, accounting for 97.36% of the cases. The age group of 1–15 years exhibited the highest infection rate at 21.85%. Males and females were equally affected. The prevalence was highest among illiterate individuals, with a rate of 20.58%.

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