Prevalence of Different Plasmodiume Species in Malarial Patients Visiting Al Khidmat Hospital Peshawar

Abstract

Malaria is a big problem for health around the world. It still poses a danger to developing nations. Epidemiological data from various regions of Pakistan is inadequate for a precise assessment of the incidence of different types of malaria. We conducted this study to ascertain the prevalence of different malaria types in patients exhibiting fever and their response to anti-malarial agents in this region. This cross-sectional study took place at Al Khidmat Hospital in Peshawar, from April 2025 to July 2025. The study included all patients who came to the outpatient clinic with a fever. Following a comprehensive medical history and meticulous clinical examination, we analyzed blood samples for malaria using the ICT technique.After getting a full medical history and doing a full physical exam, we used the ICT method to look for malaria in blood samples. After clinical diagnosis, 20 out of 500 samples (5%) tested positive for the malarial parasite, while 480 samples (95%) tested negative. The study population showed that females were more likely to have malaria (15.03%) than males (5.01%). Furthermore, the incidence of malaria was documented as follows: in the age group of 01 - 20 years, 3 cases (0.6%); in the age group of 21 - 40 years, 13 cases (2.6%); in the age group of 41 - 60 years, 4 cases (0.8%); and in the age group of 61 - 80 years, 0 cases (0%). We reached a conclusion from this study,in these parts of the Peshawar district, P. vivax is the most common species.