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ArticleTropical medicine and infectious disease2026

Malaria Epidemiology and

Aqsa Mansoor, Ghulam Narjis, Imen Ben Abdelmalek, Sabika Firasat, Iffat Naz, Kiran Afshan

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Article in Tropical medicine and infectious disease, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors.

Aqsa MansoorDepartment of Zoology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad 45320, Pakistan.
Ghulam NarjisDepartment of Statistics, Rawalpindi Women University, 6th Road, Satellite Town, Rawalpindi 46300, Punjab, Pakistan.
Imen Ben AbdelmalekDepartment of Biology, College of Science, Qassim University, Buraydah 51452, Saudi Arabia.
Sabika FirasatDepartment of Zoology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad 45320, Pakistan.ORCID 0000-0003-4959-7832
Iffat NazDepartment of Biology, College of Science, Qassim University, Buraydah 51452, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-6711-0189
Kiran AfshanDepartment of Zoology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad 45320, Pakistan.ORCID 0000-0002-3979-7606

Funding

Qassim University QU-APC-2026
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundMalaria remains a major public health challenge in Pakistan, where persistent transmission, heterogeneous risk patterns, and evolving treatment practices continue to impede control and elimination efforts.

methodsA community-based cross-sectional study was conducted among 9211 symptomatic individuals in District Dera Ismail Khan, northwestern Pakistan, from January 2024 to December 2025. Malaria was diagnosed using rapid immunochromatographic assays for

resultsOverall malaria prevalence was 36.27% (3341/9211).

conclusionsThe persistence of

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drug effectepidemiologymalariaPakistanpublic health

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PMCPMC13417128

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