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Changing Patterns in Epidemiology of Malaria Between 2006 and 2018 in the South of Fars Province, Southern Iran: The Fall and Rise of Malaria Cover

Changing Patterns in Epidemiology of Malaria Between 2006 and 2018 in the South of Fars Province, Southern Iran: The Fall and Rise of Malaria

Annals of Global Health
Volume 86 (2020): Issue 1
By: Hamed Delam,  Nasrin Shokrpour,  Hossein-Ali Nikbakht,  Soheil Hassanipour,  Khalil Safari and  Mohammad-Rafi Bazrafshan  
Open Access
|Jul 2020
Figures & tables

Figures & Tables

Figure 1

Geographical location of the study.

Table 1

Comparison of the frequency (%) of qualitative characteristics of people with Malaria by the year of occurrence.

VariablesTotalYear of occurrence
2006200720082009201020112012201320142015201620172018
Gender
    Male148 (77.9)15 (88.2)21 (91.3)17 (65.4)9 (75.0)3 (100)11 (100)3 (60.0)1 (100)4 (100)12 (60.0)17 (68.0)23 (79.3)12 (85.7)
    Female42 (22.1)2 (11.8)2 (8.7)9 (34.6)3 (25.0)0 (0.0)0 (0.0)2 (40.0)0 (0.0)0 (0.0)8 (40.0)8 (32.0)6 (20.7)2 (14.3)
Nationality
    Iranian6 (3.2)1 (5.9)1 (4.3)1 (3.8)1 (8.3)0 (0.0)0 (0.0)0 (0.0)0 (0.0)0 (0.0)2 (10.0)0 (0.0)0 (0.0)0 (0.0)
    Afghan182 (95.7)16 (94.1)22 (95.7)25 (96.2)11 (91.7)3 (100)9 (81.8)5 (100)1 (100)4 (100)18 (90.0)25 (100)29 (100)14 (100)
    Pakistani2 (1.1)0 (0.0)0 (0.0)0 (0.0)0 (0.0)0 (0.0)2 (18.2)0 (0.0)0 (0.0)0 (0.0)0 (0.0)0 (0.0)0 (0.0)0 (0.0)
Job
    Housewife18 (9.5)2 (11.8)1 (4.3)2 (7.7)2 (16.7)0 (0.0)0 (0.0)0 (0.0)0 (0.0)0 (0.0)5 (25.0)2 (8.0)3 (10.3)1 (7.1)
    Child33 (17.4)0 (0.0)5 (21.7)8 (30.7)2 (16.7)0 (0.0)0 (0.0)0 (0.0)0 (0.0)0 (0.0)3 (15.0)9 (36.0)5 (17.2)1 (7.1)
    Student8 (4.2)1 (5.9)2 (8.7)0 (0.0)0 (0.0)0 (0.0)0 (0.0)2 (40.0)0 (0.0)0 (0.0)0 (0.0)2 (8.0)0 (0.0)1 (7.1)
    Worker124 (65.2)13 (76.4)15 (65.3)12 (46.2)7 (58.3)3 (100)11 (100)3 (60.0)1 (100)3 (75.0)12 (60.0)12 (48.0)21 (72.5)11 (78.7)
    Other7 (3.7)1 (5.9)0 (0.0)4 (15.4)1 (8.3)0 (0.0)0 (0.0)0 (0.0)0 (0.0)1 (25.0)0 (0.0)0 (0.0)0 (0.0)0 (0.0)
Residence
    City145 (76.3)15 (88.2)19 (82.6)13 (50.0)7 (58.3)3 (100)8 (72.7)1 (20.0)1 (100)2 (50.0)14 (70.0)23 (92.0)26 (89.7)13 (92.9)
    Village45 (23.7)2 (11.8)4 (17.4)13 (50.0)5 (41.7)0 (0.0)3 (27.3)4 (80.0)0 (0.0)2 (50.0)6 (30.0)2 (8.0)3 (10.3)1 (7.1)
Plasmodium species
    Vivax163 (85.8)13 (76.4)16 (69.6)18 (69.2)9 (75.0)3 (100)10 (90.9)4 (80.0)1 (100)4 (100)18 (90.0)24 (96.0)29 (100)14 (100)
    Falciparum8 (4.2)2 (11.8)1 (4.3)3 (11.5)0 (0.0)0 (0.0)0 (0.0)1 (20.0)0 (0.0)0 (0.0)1 (5.0)0 (0.0)0 (0.0)0 (0.0)
    Mixed*19 (10.0)2 (11.8)6 (26.1)5 (19.2)3 (25.0)0 (0.0)1 (9.1)0 (0.0)0 (0.0)0 (0.0)1 (5.0)1 (4.0)0 (0.0)0 (0.0)
Past history
    Has123 (64.7)14 (82.4)15 (65.2)14 (53.8)9 (75.0)2 (66.7)9 (81.8)3 (60.0)1 (100)1 (25.0)14 (70.0)14 (56.0)19 (65.5)10 (71.4)
    Hasn’t67 (35.3)3 (17.6)8 (34.8)12 (46.2)3 (25.0)1 (33.3)2 (18.2)2 (40.0)0 (0.0)3 (75.0)6 (30.0)11 (44.0)10 (34.5)4 (28.6)
Family history
    Has29 (15.3)0 (0.0)4 (17.4)9 (34.6)2 (16.7)0 (0.0)1 (9.1)0 (0.0)0 (0.0)0 (0.0)2 (10.0)6 (24.0)5 (17.2)0 (0.0)
    Hasn’t161 (84.7)17 (100)19 (82.6)17 (65.4)10 (83.3)3 (100)10 (89.9)5 (100)1 (100)4 (100)18 (90.0)19 (76.0)24 (82.8)14 (100)
Surveillance
    Active31 (16.3)2 (11.8)3 (13.0)8 (30.8)1 (8.3)0 (0.0)3 (27.3)0 (0.0)0 (0.0)0 (0.0)1 (5.0)5 (20.0)8 (27.6)0 (0.0)
    Inactive159 (83.7)15 (88.2)20 (87.0)18 (69.2)11 (91.7)3 (100)8 (72.7)5 (100)1 (100)4 (100)19 (95.0)20 (80.0)21 (72.4)14 (100)
Epidemiologic class
    Introduced160 (84.2)13 (76.4)17 (73.9)19 (73.1)8 (66.7)1 (33.3)8 (72.7)5 (100)1 (100)2 (50.0)20 (100)25 (100)27 (93.1)14 (100)
    Relapse30 (15.8)4 (23.6)6 (26.1)7 (26.9)4 (33.3)2 (66.6)3 (27.3)0 (0.0)0 (0.0)2 (50.0)0 (0.0)0 (0.0)2 (6.9)0 (0.0)
Travel to endemic areas
    Has116 (61.1)8 (47.1)15 (65.2)20 (76.9)5 (41.7)1 (33.3)5 (45.5)5 (100)1 (100)4 (100)11 (55.0)16 (64.0)13 (44.8)12 (85.7)
    Hasn’t74 (38.9)9 (52.9)8 (34.8)6 (23.1)7 (58.3)2 (66.6)6 (54.5)0 (0.0)0 (0.0)0 (0.0)9 (45.0)9 (36.0)16 (55.2)2 (14.3)

[i] * P. vivax + P. falciparum.

Figure 2

Time trend of Malaria incidence by year per 100,000 persons in Southern Fars Province, (2006–2018).

Figure 3

Frequency and incidence of malaria per 100,000 persons per month, south of Fars province, (2006–2018).

Figure 4

Frequency trend and incidence of Malaria in 100,000 people in 5-year age groups in Southern Fars Province, (2006–2018).

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/aogh.2850 | Journal eISSN: 2214-9996
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