Amirshekari Mohammad Bagher, Nateghpour Mehdi, Raeisi Ahmad, Motevalli Haghi Afsaneh, Farivar Leila, Edrissian Gholamhosein
Department of Medical Parasitology and Mycology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Department of Medical Parasitology and Mycology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Center for Research of Endemic Parasites in Iran (CREPI), Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Iran J Parasitol. 2016 Apr-Jun;11(2):247-252.
This study was proposed to monitor the situation of asymptomatic malaria among the native population and Afghani and Pakistani immigrants in Kahnooj and Ghale-Ganj districts from Kerman Province, Southeastern Iran.
A number of 180 and 120 individuals from Kahnooj and Ghale-Ganj respectively were registered and considered based on a cross-sectional surveillance method. From 300 registered cases, 200 individuals (66.7%) were selected among Afghani and Pakistani immigrants and the rest (33.3%) were native resident individuals. All samples were processed with employing microscopical examination, Rapid Diagnostic Tests (RDTs) and Semi- nested Multiplex PCR techniques.
None of the samples collected from native residents showed any malaria parasite, but among Afghani immigrants, one asymptomatic malaria was detected in a 12 yr old girl with 280 parasites per microliter of blood. Moreover, one symptomatic malaria was detected from a Pakistani immigrant with 47560 parasites per microliter of blood. All results obtained via microscopical method, confirmed by RDTs and PCR techniques.
To achieve the malaria elimination program different studies are needed that to be performed. Monitoring the asymptomatic malaria in all over the malaria endemic areas especially among the immigrant individuals is the most crucial necessity.
本研究旨在监测伊朗东南部克尔曼省卡努吉和加勒甘吉地区当地居民以及阿富汗和巴基斯坦移民中的无症状疟疾情况。
分别从卡努吉和加勒甘吉登记了180人和120人，并采用横断面监测方法进行研究。在300例登记病例中，选取了200名（66.7%）阿富汗和巴基斯坦移民，其余（33.3%）为当地居民。所有样本均采用显微镜检查、快速诊断试验（RDT）和半巢式多重PCR技术进行处理。
从当地居民采集的样本中均未发现疟原虫，但在阿富汗移民中，一名12岁女孩被检测出无症状疟疾，每微升血液中有280个疟原虫。此外，一名巴基斯坦移民被检测出有症状疟疾，每微升血液中有47560个疟原虫。通过显微镜检查获得的所有结果均经RDT和PCR技术证实。
为实现疟疾消除计划，需要开展不同的研究。监测疟疾流行地区尤其是移民中的无症状疟疾是最为关键的必要措施。
