PREVALENCEOF MALARIA IN THE LOCAL POPULATIONOF SWAT VALLEY,KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA,PAKISTAN
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HINA HABIB SYED
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7/7/2020 12:00:00 AM
Abstract
The present study was carried out in District Swat for a period of 7 months from January to July,
2017. For the current study the blood samples were collected from patients visiting the hospital,
malaria diagnostic labs and District Head Quarter Hospital Laboratory showing symptoms for
malaria disease belonging to all age groups and recommended for blood test for the diagnosis of
malaria disease by the physician in the hospitals of Swat. The information (name, gender, age and
residence) were gathered on a printed proforma from the local patients. About 1050 patients were
examined for this study and malaria was detected through microscopy of thick and thin blood
smears and rapid diagnostic test of which 118 were found to be infected with malaria parasite
showing about 11.24% prevalence of malaria. Data was also collected from other labs of District
Swat which makes it a total of 9255 patients studied in the current among which 932 patients
were found positive for malaria parasite in the whole district showing a prevalence rate of
10.07%. Out of the total 932 infected blood samples 558 of them were male (59.87%) while 374
were female (40.13%). The collective data for District Swat showed majority of the infected
patients belonged to age group 1-10 years (41.42%). The least infected age groups were aged
above 60 years (0.86%). Malaria parasite was found highest in the months of July (39.48%) i.e.
summer season and lowest in the month of February (2.25%) i.e. winter months. Patients tested
for malaria parasite belonged to the following seven (7) Tehsils wherein the rate of positive
infected cases in these 7 Tehsils in descending order was: Barikot > Kabal > Babuzai > Matta >
Khwazakhela> Charbagh> Bahrain. It is concluded from this study that P.vivax is the prevalent
malaria causing parasite in district Swat. No case of P.falciparum was recorded. Furthermore
male are infected more than female, and malaria is common in children, teenagers and youth of
the area. Moreover, it is of great importance that campaigns regarding awareness of malaria are
run regularly in the district and most importantly malaria control programme should be regularly
financed. Though these precautionary procedures or administrating suitable therapeutic options
cannot be regarded as sufficient to control, let alone eradicate malaria. In order to maintain low
prevalence of malaria and avoid any mortality it is important to bring a change in the social and
personal behavior of individuals which might be difficult but is of prime importance at the same
time. Keeping these points in notice, further study is recommended on effectively applied
interventions, concentrating majorly on behavioral adaptations and approaches of assessing their efficiency must be expanded.
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Syed,HH(2019).PREVALENCEOF MALARIA IN THE LOCAL POPULATIONOF SWAT VALLEY,KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA,PAKISTAN. Virtual University of Pakistan(Lahore, Pakistan)
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