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ArticleClinical epidemiology and global health

Malaria amidst COVID-19 in India: Challenges, Efforts, and Recommendations.

Anmol Mohan, Um Ul Wara, Syeda Wania Amjad, Sudhan Rackimuthu, Reem Hunain, Hiba Khan, Ana Carla Dos Santos Costa, Shoaib Ahmad, Mohammad Yasir Essar

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Article in Clinical epidemiology and global health. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Epidemiology of malaria in Chhattisgarh, India: a surveillance data analysis, 2015-2023.Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 7 institutions in 5 countries.

Anmol MohanKarachi Medical & Dental College, Karachi, Pakistan.
Um Ul WaraKarachi Medical & Dental College, Karachi, Pakistan.
Syeda Wania AmjadKarachi Medical & Dental College, Karachi, Pakistan.
Sudhan RackimuthuFather Muller Medical College, Mangalore, Karnataka, India.
Reem HunainKasturba Medical College, Manipal, India.
Hiba KhanDubai Medical College, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Ana Carla Dos Santos CostaFederal University of Bahia - Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.
Shoaib AhmadPunjab Medical College, Faisalabad, Pakistan.
Mohammad Yasir EssarKabul University of Medical Sciences, Kabul, Afghanistan.
Karachi Medical and Dental College · PKDubai Medical College · AEFather Muller Medical College Hospital · INKabul University · AFKasturba Medical College, Manipal · INPunjab Medical College · PKUniversidade Federal da Bahia · BR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Since the outbreak of COVID-19 in India, the country has faced a slew of new challenges, spawning a slew of other deadly viruses and diseases while also serving as a breeding ground for them. Not only did Malaria (a vector-borne disease) emerge as a coincidental outbreak during the pandemic, but many others did as well, causing severe diseases in humans due to flaws in health-care systems that were already overburdened with identifying, preventing, and treating the recently introduced coronavirus disease. Inadequate water cleanliness, as well as the delayed and misdiagnosis of Malaria with COVID-19 due to overlapping symptoms, are major impediments in the incidence of these unique outbreaks. Appropriate steps, such as providing clean water and diagnostic facilities to control Malaria cases, should be adopted to prevent such epidemics in the country.

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COVID-19IndiaMalaria

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PMID34522826
PMCPMC8431839
OpenAlexW3199510800

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