Prevalence of malaria disease under the Savar upazila of Dhaka district in Bangladesh

M Salahuddin,Mahjabin Rashid,Md Shariful Islam,Md Abdul Momin,Abu Saim Al Salauddin,Sk Mohiuddin Choudhury,Priya Saha,Abul Bashar Roman,Jay Prakash Sah,Md Sayfullah,Mohammad Showkat Mahmud,Deluwer Hossain

doi:10.3329/ajmbr.v1i1.25498

Abstract

Malaria is a major public health concern in Bangladesh. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of malaria parasites from blood sample. The blood samples were collected from patients of different hospitals at Savar upazila. Malaria prevalence survey was conducted in six malaria endemic areas at Savar upazila of Bangladesh. The microscopic examinations were employed for the diagnosis of malaria infection. The overall prevalence of malaria was found to be 23.48% from 115 blood samples. The highest malaria prevalence was observed at Islamnagar area (30.76%) than other five areas of Savar upazila. According to gender wise distribution, it was observed that male (30.90%) had higher positivity compare to their counterparts (16.67%). As regard to age, the peoples whose ages between 21 to 25 years (88.88%) were mostly suffering from malaria. The seasonal influence of outbreak of this disease was higher in rainy season (37.5%), followed by summer (28%), autumn (16.67%) and spring season (12.5%). Effective control program, accurate information on the incidence and prevalence of malaria is required to minimize and eradicate malaria from Bangladesh.Asian J. Med. Biol. Res. June 2015, 1(1): 53-58

Highlights

Malaria parasites are micro-organisms that belong to the genus Plasmodium
Data Analysis Prevalence of Plasmodium was calculated as the proportion of sampled persons with a positive result divided by the number of persons who provided blood samples
A total of 115 blood samples from different hospitals at several locations of Savar upazila were enrolled in the study

Summary

Introduction

Malaria parasites are micro-organisms that belong to the genus Plasmodium. There are more than 100 species of Plasmodium, which can infect many animal species such as reptiles, birds, and various mammals. In addition there is one species that naturally infects macaques which has recently been recognized to be a cause of zoonotic malaria in humans This disease is endemic throughout most of the tropics. The majority of these cases occur in the thirteen districts close to and/or bordering India and Myanmar These thirteen districts, out of the 64 administrative districts of Bangladesh, are recognized as malaria endemic. Three out of these thirteen districts, Bandarban, Khagrachari and Rangamati, collectively known as the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) districts, report the highest incidence of malaria within the country These thirteen districts are difficult to reach due to the hilly terrain and have inadequate passive surveillance and information systems resulting in poor reporting of malaria cases by the Ministry of Health, Government of Bangladesh (Mahmood et al, 2000; Rahman et al, 2002). The objectives of this study were to determine the prevalence of malaria parasite from blood sample and to detect seasonal variation, age variation, and geographical distribution of malaria parasite

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