Malaria Situation in Isfahan in the Last Five Years
Background: Malaria is the most important parasitological disease which infected annually 300-500 millions people and caused more than one million people. Eradication process has began since 1950 and Isfahan province was under protection too. In 2003 WHO, put Isfahan in sixth rank after Sistan &...
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doaj-4facecc375e546f094c1b3288d3c148b2020-11-24T20:42:25ZfasVesnu Publications مجله دانشکده پزشکی اصفهان1027-75951735-854X2011-05-0129132273280640Malaria Situation in Isfahan in the Last Five YearsSimindokht Soleimanifard0Mojtaba Akbari1Morteza Sabetghadam2Sedigheh Saberi3PhD Student, Student Research Committee, Department of Parasitology, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.MSc of Statistics, Deputy of Research, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.BSc of Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.PhD Student, Department of Parasitology, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.Background: Malaria is the most important parasitological disease which infected annually 300-500 millions people and caused more than one million people. Eradication process has began since 1950 and Isfahan province was under protection too. In 2003 WHO, put Isfahan in sixth rank after Sistan & Balochestan, Hormozgan, Kerman, Fars and Tehran. Therefore epidemiological study of regional malaria has a special importance. Methods: This study was a cross-sectional study. The study population was all of the patients with malaria who refers to health centers since 2004 to 2009. Sampling method has been unaccidental simple assay. Finding: Totally 726 patients were investigated, 679 patients (93.5%) are male and 47 patients (6.5%) are female. The mean age of studied population was 25.9 ± 9.9 years. Plasmodium vivax was the high prevalent parasite (94.6%). The most prevalence of Malaria was seen in 2005 with 243 patients (23.5%) and during june (11.8%). Afgan immigrants are 91% and Iranian patients were only 2.8% of all patints. After the treatment, 348 patients (47.9%) are fully recovered, 39 patients (5.4%) were remained under treatment and we didn’t have any information from 339 patients (46.7%). Conclusion: Isfahan climate, existence of species of anophel masquito (macolypenis, superpictues and sakharovi) and uncontrolled immigration of Afghans, can lead Isfahan to be a new center for growing malaria epidemics. Therefore we can prevent the distribution of malaria by controlling of entrance, prevent of immigration and effective treatmenthttp://jims.mui.ac.ir/index.php/jims/article/view/591MalariaEpidemicIsfahan |
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Simindokht Soleimanifard Mojtaba Akbari Morteza Sabetghadam Sedigheh Saberi Malaria Situation in Isfahan in the Last Five Years مجله دانشکده پزشکی اصفهان Malaria Epidemic Isfahan |
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Background: Malaria is the most important parasitological disease which infected annually 300-500 millions people and caused more than one million people. Eradication process has began since 1950 and Isfahan province was under protection too. In 2003 WHO, put Isfahan in sixth rank after Sistan & Balochestan, Hormozgan, Kerman, Fars and Tehran. Therefore epidemiological study of regional malaria has a special importance.
Methods: This study was a cross-sectional study. The study population was all of the patients with malaria who refers to health centers since 2004 to 2009. Sampling method has been unaccidental simple assay.
Finding: Totally 726 patients were investigated, 679 patients (93.5%) are male and 47 patients (6.5%) are female. The mean age of studied population was 25.9 ± 9.9 years. Plasmodium vivax was the high prevalent parasite (94.6%). The most prevalence of Malaria was seen in 2005 with 243 patients (23.5%) and during june (11.8%). Afgan immigrants are 91% and Iranian patients were only 2.8% of all patints. After the treatment, 348 patients (47.9%) are fully recovered, 39 patients (5.4%) were
remained under treatment and we didn’t have any information from 339 patients (46.7%).
Conclusion: Isfahan climate, existence of species of anophel masquito (macolypenis, superpictues and sakharovi) and uncontrolled immigration of Afghans, can lead Isfahan to be a new center for growing malaria epidemics. Therefore we can prevent the distribution of malaria by controlling of entrance, prevent of immigration and effective treatment |
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