A Report on Incidence of Malarial Disease in Local Population of Barikot, Swat | [Punjab University Journal of Zoology • 2018]

Author(s):

1. Muzafar Shah: Department of Zoology, University of Buner,Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,Pakistan

2. Mazhar Ali: Department of Zoology, Hazara University Mansehra,Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,Pakistan

3. Sardar Azhar Mehmood: Department of Zoology, Hazara University Mansehra,Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,Pakistan

4. Shabir Ahmad: Department of Zoology, Hazara University Mansehra,Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,Pakistan

5. Khushi Muhammad: Department of Genetics, Hazara University Mansehra,Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,Pakistan

6. Israr Alam: Department of Zoology, University of Buner,Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,Pakistan

7. Kausar Saeed: Department of Zoology, University of Buner,Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,Pakistan

Abstract:

| Present study was carried out in local population of Barikot, District Swat for incidence of malarial disease. For this purpose a total of 997 individuals were screened for malarial test in the study area and divided into four category of age i.e. (1-15), (16-30), (31-45), (46-onward), gender wise, union council (Kota, Barikot, Shamozo and Ghalegi) and month wise. It was concluded that out of 997 samples, 204 (20.46%) were found positive, in which mostly under positive, under 15 year of age (23.36%), whereas less cases were recorded in adult (46 and above) 22.64. Most of the positive cases were found in the month of November, 24 out of 67 (35.82%) and less cases were noted in the month of May which are 12 out of 106 (11.32%). Incidence of the cases were found in U.C Kota with 60 positive (26.08%) out of 230 blood samples and low prevalence in U.C Ghalaigai with 42 positive (13.12%) out of 320 samples. Gender wise prevalence of malaria disease shows male 106 (27.53%) out of 385 whereas female 98 (16.01%) out of 612.

Page(s): 54-56

DOI: 10.17582/pujz/2018.33.1.54.56

Published: Journal: Punjab University Journal of Zoology, Volume: 33, Issue: 1, Year: 2018

Keywords:

Swat , Barikot , Malaria , Kota , Shamozo

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