title: Prevalence of malaria infection in Sarbaz, Sistan and Bluchistan province.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To survey malaria prevalence in Sarbaz from April 2009 to October 2010.
  
  
  METHODS
  Epidemiological data of 1 464 confirmed malarial patients were analyzed according to demographic status, sex, age, nationality, isolated species and residence place.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The majority of patients were male 950 (64.8%) but 514 (35.2%) were female. 82.5% of patients were Iranian, 14% Pakistani immigrants, and 3.5% Afghan immigrants. Data collected showed that 90% of isolated species were Plasmodium vivax, 7.8% Plasmodium falciparum, and 2.2% Plasmodium malariae and mixed species.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Therefore, it is crystal clear that refugees should be prohibited by government and controlled by experts in health centers in order to campaign effectively with this life threating disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Parasitology, Islamic Azad University, Babol Branch, Iran.
authors.forename: Youssefi Mohammad
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Reza
authors.forename: Rahimi Mohammad
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Taghi
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003710:Demography; D005006:Ethnicity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007492:Iran / Q000453:epidemiology; D008288:Malaria / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010963:Plasmodium falciparum / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010965:Plasmodium malariae / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010966:Plasmodium vivax / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D015995:Prevalence; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Malaria; Plasmodium falciparum; Plasmodium vivax; Prevalence; Sarbaz