| malarigen malaria pf/pv antigen rapid test: a simple and effective tool for diagnosis of malaria in the far-flung hilly areas of bangladesh. | microscopic visualization of malarial parasites on thick and/or thin film is considered as "gold standard" for diagnosis of malaria. but it needs skilled microscopist as well as good laboratory set up, which are scarce in chittagong hill tracts (cht) in bangladesh. a study was carried out to evaluate the efficacy of a newly introduced rapid diagnostic test (rdt) device based on immunochromatographic test (ict) format, for malarial parasite. this study was carried out at balipara, a remote villag ... | 2010 | 20046179 |
| malaria prevalence, risk factors and spatial distribution in a hilly forest area of bangladesh. | malaria is a major public health concern in bangladesh and it is highly endemic in the chittagong hill tracts where prevalence was 11.7% in 2007. one sub-district, rajasthali, had a prevalence of 36%. several interventions were introduced in early 2007 to control malaria. this study was undertaken to evaluate the impacts of these intensive early stage interventions on malaria in bangladesh. this prevalence study assesses whether or not high malaria prevalence remains, and if so, which areas and ... | 2011 | 21533048 |
| diversity of anopheline species and their plasmodium infection status in rural bandarban, bangladesh. | historically, the chittagong hill tracts (cht) of bangladesh was considered hyperendemic for malaria. to better understand the contemporary malaria epidemiology and to develop new and innovative control strategies, comprehensive epidemiologic studies are ongoing in two endemic unions of bandarban district of cht. within these studies entomological surveillance has been undertaken to study the role of the existing anopheline species involved in the malaria transmission cycle throughout the year. | 2012 | 22839212 |
| high prevalence of asymptomatic malaria in south-eastern bangladesh. | the who has reported that rdt and microscopy-confirmed malaria cases have declined in recent years. however, it is still unclear if this reflects a real decrease in incidence in bangladesh, as particularly the hilly and forested areas of the chittagong hill tract (cht) districts report more than 80% of all cases and deaths. surveillance and epidemiological data on malaria from the cht are limited; existing data report plasmodium falciparum and plasmodium vivax as the dominant species. | 2014 | 24406220 |
| temporal trends in severe malaria in chittagong, bangladesh. | epidemiological data on malaria in bangladesh are sparse, particularly on severe and fatal malaria. this hampers the allocation of healthcare provision in this resource-poor setting. over 85% of the estimated 150,000-250,000 annual malaria cases in bangladesh occur in chittagong division with 80% in the chittagong hill tracts (cht). chittagong medical college hospital (cmch) is the major tertiary referral hospital for severe malaria in chittagong division. | 2012 | 22970881 |