Askari Setareh, Nateghpour Mehdi, Motevalli Haghi Afsaneh, Farivar Leila, Raeisi Ahmad, Mohebali Mehdi
Department of Medical Parasitology & Mycology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Research Center of Quran, Hadith and Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Iran J Parasitol. 2020 Oct-Dec;15(4):530-536. doi: 10.18502/ijpa.v15i4.4858.
This study was designed to detect, if there are asymptomatic malaria infections amongst native and immigrant population from Afghanistan and Pakistan countries in Sistan & Baluchistan Province of Iran, where is under the national malaria elimination program.
This cross-sectional study was performed among native individuals and resident immigrants in the southeastern province of Sistan & Baluchistan from May 2016 to Jul 2017. A total of 271 individuals were considered in this cross-sectional study based on microscopical method, Rapid Diagnostic Tests (RDTs) and PCR techniques. Out of 271 native and immigrant participants 140 (52%) and 131 (48%) were male and female, respectively.
None of the prepared samples was diagnosed as malaria positive case when was considered via above mentioned three techniques.
Neither native nor immigrant individuals had asymptomatic malaria, hinting that national malaria elimination program is performed according to planned schedule in the studied areas.
本研究旨在检测在伊朗锡斯坦-俾路支斯坦省参与国家疟疾消除计划的阿富汗和巴基斯坦本国及移民人群中是否存在无症状疟疾感染。
本横断面研究于2016年5月至2017年7月在锡斯坦-俾路支斯坦省东南部的本国居民和常住移民中进行。基于显微镜检查法、快速诊断试验（RDTs）和聚合酶链反应（PCR）技术，本横断面研究共纳入271人。在271名本国及移民参与者中，男性140人（52%），女性131人（48%）。
当通过上述三种技术进行检测时，所制备的样本均未被诊断为疟疾阳性病例。
本国居民和移民均未感染无症状疟疾，这表明所研究地区的国家疟疾消除计划正在按计划进行。
