{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2990835186","doi":"https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.icon-suppl.1712","title":"Malaria and the climate in Karachi: An eight year review","display_name":"Malaria and the climate in Karachi: An eight year review","publication_year":2019,"publication_date":"2019-11-28","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2990835186","doi":"https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.icon-suppl.1712","mag":"2990835186","pmid":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31933604","pmcid":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/6943108"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.12669/pjms.36.icon-suppl.1712","doi":"https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.icon-suppl.1712","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.icon-suppl.1712","pdf_url":"http://www.pjms.org.pk/index.php/pjms/article/download/1712/350","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S83180243","display_name":"Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences","issn_l":"1681-715X","issn":["1681-715X","1682-024X"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["cwts-core","doaj","dongbi-d","jufo-1","poland-40","russia-white-list-2"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319271","host_organization_name":"Professional Medical Publications","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319271"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Professional Medical Publications"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences","raw_type":"journal-article"},"volume":null,"type":"article","is_traditional":true,"indexed_in":["crossref","doaj","pubmed"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"gold","oa_url":"http://www.pjms.org.pk/index.php/pjms/article/download/1712/350","any_repository_has_fulltext":true},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5061965065","display_name":"Fivzia Farooq Herekar","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I2800984189","display_name":"Indus Hospital","ror":"https://ror.org/04amwz106","country_code":"PK","type":"healthcare","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I2800984189"]}],"countries":["PK"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Fivzia Herekar","raw_affiliation_strings":["Fivzia Herekar, FCPS (Infectious Diseases), Department of Internal Medicine, Indus Hospital Research Center, The Indus Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Fivzia Herekar, FCPS (Infectious Diseases), Department of Internal Medicine, Indus Hospital Research Center, The Indus Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I2800984189"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5014759367","display_name":"Sundus Iftikhar","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8568-2722","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8568-2722"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I2800984189","display_name":"Indus Hospital","ror":"https://ror.org/04amwz106","country_code":"PK","type":"healthcare","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I2800984189"]}],"countries":["PK"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Sundus Iftikhar","raw_affiliation_strings":["Sundus Iftikhar, Mphil (Statistics), Indus Hospital Research Center, The Indus Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Sundus Iftikhar, Mphil (Statistics), Indus Hospital Research Center, The Indus Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I2800984189"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5052999130","display_name":"Ahsana Nazish","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9778-4811","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9778-4811"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I2800984189","display_name":"Indus Hospital","ror":"https://ror.org/04amwz106","country_code":"PK","type":"healthcare","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I2800984189"]}],"countries":["PK"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Ahsana Nazish","raw_affiliation_strings":["Ahsana Nazish, MSc (Health Policy and Management), Malaria Program, Indus Hospital Research Center, The Indus Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Ahsana Nazish, MSc (Health Policy and Management), Malaria Program, Indus Hospital Research Center, The Indus Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I2800984189"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5033213028","display_name":"Sabeen Rehman","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I2800984189","display_name":"Indus Hospital","ror":"https://ror.org/04amwz106","country_code":"PK","type":"healthcare","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I2800984189"]}],"countries":["PK"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Sabeen Rehman","raw_affiliation_strings":["Sabeen Rehman, FCPS (Internal Medicine), Department of Internal Medicine, Indus Hospital Research Center, The Indus Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Sabeen Rehman, FCPS (Internal Medicine), Department of Internal Medicine, Indus Hospital Research Center, The Indus Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I2800984189"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":1,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5061965065"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I2800984189"],"apc_list":{"value":400,"currency":"USD","value_usd":400},"apc_paid":{"value":400,"currency":"USD","value_usd":400},"fwci":2.2709,"has_fulltext":true,"cited_by_count":14,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.86827305,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":88,"max":98},"biblio":{"volume":"36","issue":"1","first_page":"S33","last_page":"S37"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10091","display_name":"Malaria Research and Control","score":0.9970999956130981,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2739","display_name":"Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/27","display_name":"Medicine"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/4","display_name":"Health Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10091","display_name":"Malaria Research and Control","score":0.9970999956130981,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2739","display_name":"Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/27","display_name":"Medicine"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/4","display_name":"Health Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11244","display_name":"Climate Change and Health Impacts","score":0.0017000000225380063,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2307","display_name":"Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/23","display_name":"Environmental Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10166","display_name":"Mosquito-borne diseases and control","score":0.0006000000284984708,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2739","display_name":"Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/27","display_name":"Medicine"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/4","display_name":"Health Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/malaria","display_name":"malaria","score":0.9929999709129333},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/climate","display_name":"climate","score":0.4569999873638153},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/seasonal-variation","display_name":"seasonal variation","score":0.8059999942779541},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/anopheles","display_name":"Anopheles","score":0.621999979019165},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/mosquito-breeding","display_name":"mosquito breeding","score":0.6650000214576721},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/meteorological-factors","display_name":"meteorological factors","score":0.6729999780654907},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/temperature","display_name":"temperature","score":0.953000009059906},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/humidity","display_name":"humidity","score":0.9950000047683716},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/rainfall","display_name":"rainfall","score":0.8479999899864197},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/karachi","display_name":"Karachi","score":0.6690000295639038},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/malaria-control","display_name":"malaria control","score":0.6639999747276306}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778048844","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12156","display_name":"Malaria","level":2,"score":0.907646119594574},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C125403950","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2111082","display_name":"Seasonality","level":2,"score":0.6550083160400391},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C71924100","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11190","display_name":"Medicine","level":0,"score":0.6356914639472961},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C52322663","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3117517","display_name":"Wet season","level":2,"score":0.46825844049453735},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C99454951","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q932068","display_name":"Environmental health","level":1,"score":0.45544034242630005},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2781375639","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q158597","display_name":"Anopheles","level":3,"score":0.4370044767856598},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C42972112","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q170201","display_name":"Veterinary medicine","level":1,"score":0.3740944266319275},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C149923435","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q37732","display_name":"Demography","level":1,"score":0.32230931520462036},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C18903297","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7150","display_name":"Ecology","level":1,"score":0.3064895570278168},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C86803240","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q420","display_name":"Biology","level":0,"score":0.14626222848892212},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C203014093","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q101929","display_name":"Immunology","level":1,"score":0.12307414412498474},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144024400","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21201","display_name":"Sociology","level":0,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":4,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.12669/pjms.36.icon-suppl.1712","doi":"https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.icon-suppl.1712","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.icon-suppl.1712","pdf_url":"http://www.pjms.org.pk/index.php/pjms/article/download/1712/350","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S83180243","display_name":"Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences","issn_l":"1681-715X","issn":["1681-715X","1682-024X"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["cwts-core","doaj","dongbi-d","jufo-1","poland-40","russia-white-list-2"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319271","host_organization_name":"Professional Medical Publications","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319271"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Professional Medical Publications"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:europepmc.org:5909090","doi":null,"is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/6943108","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306400806","display_name":"Europe PMC (PubMed Central)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I1303153112","host_organization_name":"European Bioinformatics Institute","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1303153112"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"Text"},{"id":"pmid:31933604","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31933604","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306525036","display_name":"PubMed","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I1299303238","host_organization_name":"National Institutes of Health","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1299303238"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Pakistan journal of medical sciences","raw_type":"Journal Article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:6943108","doi":null,"is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6943108/","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S2764455111","display_name":"PubMed Central","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I1299303238","host_organization_name":"National Institutes of Health","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1299303238"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Pak J Med Sci","raw_type":"Text"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.12669/pjms.36.icon-suppl.1712","doi":"https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.icon-suppl.1712","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.icon-suppl.1712","pdf_url":"http://www.pjms.org.pk/index.php/pjms/article/download/1712/350","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S83180243","display_name":"Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences","issn_l":"1681-715X","issn":["1681-715X","1682-024X"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["cwts-core","doaj","dongbi-d","jufo-1","poland-40","russia-white-list-2"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319271","host_organization_name":"Professional Medical Publications","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319271"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Professional Medical Publications"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences","raw_type":"journal-article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[{"display_name":"Good health and well-being","score":0.9537000060081482,"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/3"},{"display_name":"Climate action","score":0.685699999332428,"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/13"}],"study_designs":[{"display_name":"Observational Study","id":"https://openalex.org/study-designs/observational-study"}],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":true,"grobid_xml":true},"content_urls":{"pdf":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W2990835186.pdf","grobid_xml":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W2990835186.grobid-xml"},"referenced_works_count":11,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1527434229","https://openalex.org/W2030006320","https://openalex.org/W2095474493","https://openalex.org/W2131641279","https://openalex.org/W2134871397","https://openalex.org/W2160227619","https://openalex.org/W2164998467","https://openalex.org/W2175655054","https://openalex.org/W2620330768","https://openalex.org/W2760417774","https://openalex.org/W2764967148"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2337514861","https://openalex.org/W2620330768","https://openalex.org/W7214921995","https://openalex.org/W7216028503","https://openalex.org/W2044502262","https://openalex.org/W4200377595","https://openalex.org/W7212609336","https://openalex.org/W4280580790","https://openalex.org/W4401386759","https://openalex.org/W7165654768"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Background":[0],"and":[1,14,57,109,152,202,244],"Objective:":[2],"Malaria":[3,201],"is":[4,36,156,223,253],"an":[5,63,224],"arthropod-borne":[6],"infectious":[7],"disease":[8,28],"transmitted":[9],"by":[10,39,166],"the":[11,34,46,52,58,115,127,133,172,203,230,233,250],"mosquito":[12],"Anopheles":[13],"claims":[15],"millions":[16],"of":[17,33,45,60,74,78,117,161,171,176,232],"lives":[18],"globally":[19],"every":[20],"year.":[21,139],"Reasons":[22],"for":[23,43,99,181],"failure":[24],"to":[25,50,82,90,101,183,191],"eradicate":[26],"this":[27],"are":[29],"multifactorial.":[30],"The":[31,83],"seasonality":[32,59,110],"malaria":[35,61,79,112,162,177,185],"principally":[37],"determined":[38],"climatic":[40,55],"factors":[41],"conducive":[42],"breeding":[44],"vector.":[47],"We":[48],"aimed":[49],"study":[51],"relationship":[53],"between":[54],"variability":[56],"over":[62,114],"eight-year":[64],"duration.":[65],"Methods:":[66],"This":[67,222],"was":[68,120,141],"a":[69,157],"retrospective":[70],"medical":[71],"chart":[72],"review":[73],"8,844":[75],"confirmed":[76],"cases":[77,113,123],"which":[80,239],"presented":[81],"Indus":[84],"Hospital,":[85],"Karachi":[86,100],"from":[87],"January":[88],"2008":[89],"November":[91],"2015.":[92],"Cases":[93],"were":[94,124],"plotted":[95],"against":[96],"meteorological":[97],"data":[98],"elicit":[102],"monthly":[103],"variation.":[104],"Results:":[105],"A":[106],"secular":[107],"incline":[108],"in":[111,126,137,163,205,246],"duration":[116],"8":[118],"years":[119],"seen.":[121],"More":[122],"reported":[125],"summer,":[128],"rainy":[129],"season":[130],"compared":[131],"with":[132,144],"other":[134],"three":[135],"seasons":[136],"each":[138],"There":[140,155],"significant":[142],"association":[143],"specific":[145],"climate":[146,204],"variables":[147],"such":[148],"as":[149],"temperature,":[150],"moisture,":[151],"humidity.":[153],"Conclusion:":[154],"marked":[158],"seasonal":[159],"variation":[160],"Karachi,":[164],"influenced":[165],"various":[167],"environmental":[168],"factors.":[169],"Identification":[170],"\u2018the":[173],"concentrated":[174],"period\u2019":[175],"can":[178],"be":[179],"helpful":[180],"policymakers":[182],"deploy":[184],"control":[186],"interventions.":[187],"doi:":[188,220],"https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.ICON-Suppl.1712":[189,221],"How":[190],"cite":[192],"this:Herekar":[193],"F,":[194],"Iftikhar":[195],"S,":[196],"Nazish":[197],"A,":[198],"Rehman":[199],"S.":[200],"Karachi:":[206],"An":[207],"eight":[208],"year":[209],"review.":[210],"Pak":[211],"J":[212],"Med":[213],"Sci.":[214],"Special":[215],"Supplement":[216],"ICON":[217],"2020.":[218],"2020;36(1):S33-S37.":[219],"Open":[225],"Access":[226],"article":[227],"distributed":[228],"under":[229],"terms":[231],"Creative":[234],"Commons":[235],"Attribution":[236],"License":[237],"(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0),":[238],"permits":[240],"unrestricted":[241],"use,":[242],"distribution,":[243],"reproduction":[245],"any":[247],"medium,":[248],"provided":[249],"original":[251],"work":[252],"properly":[254],"cited.":[255]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":5},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":3}],"updated_date":"2026-11-10T11:39:43.021295","created_date":"2019-12-05T00:00:00"}