Journal of Tropical Diseases & Public Health

Department of Microbiology, Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan, KPK, Pakistan

Biography

Muhammad Taj Akbar is a research associate at Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan. He is an active member at Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan MicrobiologyMardan, Pakistan

Publications

• Research   
  Analysis of Hematological Changes and Seroprevalence of Malarial Patients Caused by Plasmodium Vivax Using Statistical Tools
  Author(s): Shah Faisal, Muhammad Taj Akbar, Abdullah, Hamidullah Shah*, Asma Qudrat, Faheem Jan and Jafar Ali
  
  Malaria is a febrile illness, caused by malarial plasmodium parasite. It is the most prevalent infectious disease in the tropical and subtropical regions of the world in addition Pakistan is amongst the highly affected countries regarding infectivity rate of malaria. The main objective of the current research was to analyzed haematological changes and seroprevalence of malaria infection in patients caused by Plasmodium vivax. The study was conducted at Katlang Diagnostic Centre Mardan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. A total of 188 patients having malaria disease were enrolled, in which frequency of male patients were 122 (64.9%) while frequency of female patients was 66 (35.1%). Results indicated that there was no association between gender and BT Ring condition, because the value of chi-square (0.215) was greater than p value (0.5). Similarly, the value of chi-square (0.540) was great.. View more»
  

  DOI: 10.35248/2329-891X.20.8.354

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