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ArticleHeliyon2023

Malaria prevalence in Pakistan: A systematic review and meta-analysis (2006-2021).

Muhammad Imran Khan, Humera Qureshi, Suk Joo Bae, Aamer Ali Khattak, Muhammad Shahid Anwar, Sadique Ahmad, Fazal Hassan, Shabir Ahmad

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Article in Heliyon, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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18 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Muhammad Imran KhanDepartment of Industrial Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul, South Korea.
Humera QureshiDepartment of Industrial Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul, South Korea.
Suk Joo BaeDepartment of Industrial Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul, South Korea.
Aamer Ali KhattakDepartment of Medical Laboratory Technology, The University of Haripur, Haripur, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
Muhammad Shahid AnwarDepartment of AI and Software Gachon University Seongnam-si 13120, South Korea.
Sadique AhmadEIAS, Data Science and Blockchain Laboratory, College of Computer and Information Sciences, Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Fazal HassanDepartment of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Haripur, Haripur, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
Shabir AhmadIT Convergence Engineering, Gachon University, Gyonggi-do, Seongnam-si, Sujeong-gu, 13120, Republic of Korea.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Malaria is one of the major public health issues globally. Malaria infection spreads through mosquito bites from infected female Anopheles mosquitoes. This study aims to conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis on malaria prevalence in Pakistan from 2006 to 2021. We searched PubMed, Science Direct, EMBASE, EMCare, and Google Scholar to acquire data on the prevalence of malaria infections. We performed a meta-analysis with a random-effects model to obtain the pooled prevalence of malaria, Plasmodium vivax, and Plasmodium falciparum. Meta-analysis was computed using R 4.1.2 Version statistical software. I

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MalariaMeta-analysisPakistanPlasmodium falciparumPlasmodium vivax

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PMCPMC10133748

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