Bulletin de la Societe de Pathologie Exotique
Volume 104, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 321-323

Detection of asymptomatic malaria infection among the Afghani immigrant population in Iranshahr district of southeastern Iran (Article)

Nateghpour M.* , Akbarzadeh K. , Farivar L. , Amiri A.
  • a Department of Medical Parasitology and Mycology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, PO Box 14155-6446, Iran, National Institute of Health Research, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran
  • b Department of Medical Parasitology and Mycology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, PO Box 14155-6446, Iran
  • c Department of Medical Parasitology and Mycology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, PO Box 14155-6446, Iran
  • d Iranshahr Health Research Center, Iran

Abstract

Asymptomatic malaria infection is often associated with subpatent level of parasitaemia and normal clinical examination. Such infection becomes a greater cause for concern when involved in blood transfusion and vector transmission. This study was performed to monitor the situation of asymptomatic malaria among the Afghani immigrants and native residents in Iranshahr district, a malaria endemic area in southeastern Iran, by performing conventional light microscopy. Out of 446 samples collected from Afghani immigrant participants, seven (1.6%) thick blood smears were diagnosed as Plasmodium vivax. None of the individuals who tested positive had malaria symptoms and they did not remember having had any malaria signs during the past two years. Out of 496 samples collected from native resident participants, three (0.6%) thick blood smears were detected as P. vivax and Plasmodium falciparum with mild malaria symptoms. An asymptomatic Plasmodium-infected individual can be a source of malaria parasites for transmission of the agents. To cite this journal: Bull. Soc. Pathol. Exot. 104 (2011). © Socíté de pathologie exotique et Springer-Verlag France 2010.

Author Keywords

Plasmodium vivax Middle South Asia Afghani immigrants Symptomatic Iran Asymptomatic Plasmodium falciparum

Index Keywords

Afghanistan human middle aged Malaria Aged ethnology Iran Humans Adolescent male Emigrants and Immigrants preschool child Aged, 80 and over Infant Child, Preschool female isolation and purification Article disease transmission Parasitemia Plasmodium vivax Malaria, Vivax adult migration Malaria, Falciparum malaria falciparum endemic disease Plasmodium vivax malaria Plasmodium falciparum Endemic Diseases Child
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-80054946247&doi=10.1007%2fs13149-011-0134-8&partnerID=40&md5=043ecc02c5a45ecd364a0bc437e8d139
DOI: 10.1007/s13149-011-0134-8
ISSN: 00379085
Cited by: 11
Original Language: English