Journal of Tropical Diseases & Public Health

Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Bahauddin Zakariya University Multan, Pakistan

Biography

Ghulam Shabir is a research associate at the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan. He has a special interest in the field of ICT; Thick and thin smear; Plasmodium vivax; P. falciparum; Prevalence

Publications

• Research Article   
  PREVALENCE OF PLASMODIUM INFECTION IN DISTRICT MULTAN, PUNJAB, PAKISTAN
  Author(s): Syed Latif Shah Bukhari*, Kashif Aslam, Zinnia Mansoor, Ghulam Shabir, Muhammad Tayyab and Ashfaq Rasool
  
  Background: Plasmodium infection (Malaria) always remains hazardous for its fatalities worldwide, especially for Pakistan; it is yet endemic in many areas. Out of five types of Plasmodium, Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium falciparum is dominating in Pakistan. P. vivax is more frequent and widely distributed while P. falciparum is more dangerous and deadly in action. This research was conducted for the assessment of Plasmodium infection frequency in human populations of District Multan, Punjab, Pakistan. Methods: Plasmodium type was identified in the blood of high graded fever patients. Immunochromatographic Technique (ICT) as well as thick and thin blood smears procedure was performed at different laboratories of district Multan where the microscopic examination was carried out for the presence of Plasmodium types and its species. .. View more»
  

  DOI: 10.35248/2329-891X.21.9.271

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