Clinical Burden of Plasmodium (vivax/falciparum) Infection: An Empirical Evidence from Tehsil Kot Addu, Punjab

Abstract

Plasmodium infection is a life threatening and serious diseases caused by parasite that is transmitted through the infected female Anopheles mosquito. The most popular species in Kot Addu is vivax and falciparum; these species directly affect the immune system.  the major aim of this study to determine the clinical burden of plasmodium vivax and falciparum in Kot Addu that how it affects. The cross-sectional study was conducted in THQ hospital Kot Addu. This was based on primary and secondary data sources and the data was collected from the laboratory of THQ Hospital Kot Addu. The method which was used to diagnose the plasmodium infection is the RDTs and microscopic method.  For the analyses of data regression and correlation was conducted by SPSS software. The participants (31) who were diagnosed with plasmodium infection which showed that P.vivax (71%) have more density than the P.falciparum (12.9%) and mixed infection (16.1%). This study demonstrate clinical burden of P.vivax and P.falciparum infections in Kot Addu. This also explains the preventive measure to reduce the morbidity and mortality due to malaria.

Keywords: Plasmodium, P.vivax, P.falciparum, Risk factors, Chronic Diseases