dc.contributor.author | Islam, Nazrul | en |
dc.contributor.author | Bonovas, Stefanos | en |
dc.contributor.author | Nikolopoulos, Georgios K. | en |
dc.creator | Islam, Nazrul | en |
dc.creator | Bonovas, Stefanos | en |
dc.creator | Nikolopoulos, Georgios K. | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-06-22T09:53:41Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-06-22T09:53:41Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2013 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://gnosis.library.ucy.ac.cy/handle/7/41972 | |
dc.description.abstract | Bangladesh is one of the four major malaria-endemic countries in South-East Asia having approximately 34% of its population at risk of malaria. This paper aims at providing an overview of the malaria situation in this country. Relevant information was retrieved from published articles and reports in PubMed and Google Scholar. Malaria in Bangladesh is concentrated in 13 districts with a prevalence ranging between 3.1% and 36%, and is mostly caused by Plasmodium falciparum. Geographical conditions pose a potential risk for Plasmodium knowlesi malaria. Resistance to a number of drugs previously recommended for treatment has been reported. Low socio-economic status, poor schooling and close proximity to water bodies and forest areas comprise important risk factors. Despite the significant steps in Long Lasting Insecticide Net (LLIN)/Insecticide Treated Net (ITN) coverage in Bangladesh, there are still many challenges including the extension of malaria support to the remote areas of Bangladesh, where malaria prevalence is higher, and further improvements in the field of referral system and treatment. | en |
dc.language.iso | eng | en |
dc.source | Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease | en |
dc.subject | Internet | en |
dc.subject | Human | en |
dc.subject | Humans | en |
dc.subject | Priority journal | en |
dc.subject | Anemia | en |
dc.subject | Drug resistance | en |
dc.subject | Review | en |
dc.subject | Systematic review | en |
dc.subject | Risk assessment | en |
dc.subject | Risk factors | en |
dc.subject | Epidemiology | en |
dc.subject | Plasmodium vivax malaria | en |
dc.subject | Prevalence | en |
dc.subject | Medline | en |
dc.subject | Hepatitis | en |
dc.subject | Geographic distribution | en |
dc.subject | Patient referral | en |
dc.subject | Educational status | en |
dc.subject | Cotrimoxazole | en |
dc.subject | Artemether | en |
dc.subject | Artemether plus benflumetol | en |
dc.subject | Artesunate | en |
dc.subject | Artesunate plus mefloquine | en |
dc.subject | Bangladesh | en |
dc.subject | Bed net | en |
dc.subject | Brain malaria | en |
dc.subject | Chloroquine plus primaquine | en |
dc.subject | Dihydroartemisinin | en |
dc.subject | Doxycycline | en |
dc.subject | Falciparum | en |
dc.subject | Forest | en |
dc.subject | Google scholar | en |
dc.subject | Malaria | en |
dc.subject | Malaria falciparum | en |
dc.subject | Malarial hepatitis | en |
dc.subject | Malarial retinopathy | en |
dc.subject | Mosquito control | en |
dc.subject | Plasmodium falciparum | en |
dc.subject | Plasmodium knowlesi | en |
dc.subject | Plasmodium knowlesi malaria | en |
dc.subject | Pyrimethamine plus sulfadoxine | en |
dc.subject | Quinine | en |
dc.subject | Retinopathy | en |
dc.subject | Social class | en |
dc.subject | Socioeconomics | en |
dc.subject | South-east asia | en |
dc.subject | Tetracycline | en |
dc.title | An epidemiological overview of malaria in Bangladesh | en |
dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/article | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.tmaid.2013.01.004 | |
dc.description.volume | 11 | |
dc.description.issue | 1 | |
dc.description.startingpage | 29 | |
dc.description.endingpage | 36 | |
dc.author.faculty | Ιατρική Σχολή / Medical School | |
dc.author.department | Ιατρική Σχολή / Medical School | |
dc.type.uhtype | Article | en |
dc.contributor.orcid | Nikolopoulos, Georgios K.[0000-0002-3307-0246] | |
dc.contributor.orcid | Bonovas, Stefanos [0000-0001-6102-6579] | |
dc.gnosis.orcid | 0000-0002-3307-0246 | |
dc.gnosis.orcid | 0000-0001-6102-6579 | |