PREVALENCE OF MALARIA AMONG THE PATIENTS LIVING IN AREAS OF DISTRICT SBA (SHAHEED BENAZIR BHUTTO) AND MIRPURKHAS.

Abstract

Objective:
Malaria is a major cause of morbidity in the tropics and about 300 million causes were reported word wide in
2006 among the 100 species of genous plasmodia, the four species such as PL: falciparum, vivax, ovaule and
malaria causes malaria. The malaria is transmitted by the bite of female anopheles mosquitoes. .
Methodology: This descriptive and experimental study was carried out at department of pathology, People's
University of Medical & Health Science (PUMHS), Nawabshah. The cases were collected from paediatrics &
Medical outpatients departments of PUMHS Hospital Nawabshah and also from Muhammad Medical College
(MMC) Hospital & Civil hospital Mirpurkhas (CHM) from January 2010 to December 2011. A total of 1200 patients
were included. The prevalence of malaria on the basis of age, sex, areas of resident, and clinical finding of all
patients were recorded and blood tests performed.
Results: Plasmodium Vivax in 70.8% of cases and Plasmodium Falciparum in29.2%of cases.
Conclusion: In the areas (Nawabshah and Mirpurkhas), Plasmodium Vivax and Plasmodium Falciparum are the
cause of Malaria.
Keywords: Malaria, Plasmodium, Pakistan, Nawabshah, Mirpurkhas.