LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

ACD – Active case detection.

AO – Acridine orange.

BC – Before the birth of Christ.

CBMCH – Community Based Medical College Hospital.

CD36 – Cluster of differentiation 36.

CDC – Center for Disease Control and Prevention.

cm – Centimeter

CSP – Circumsporozoite protein.

DDT – Dichlorodiphenyl trichloroethene.

DNA – Deoxyribonucleic acid.

DGHS – Director General for Health Services

EDTA – Ethyline diamaine tetra acetic acid.

ELISA – Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay

E-selectin – Endothelial cell selectin.

et al. – at alia (all others)

GPI – Glycosylphosphatidylinositol.

G6PD – Glucose-6-phosphate dehydregenase.

HbE – Hemoglobin E.

HbS – Hemoglobin S.

HLA – Human leukocyte antigen.

HRPⅡ – Histidine rich protein Ⅱ.

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ICAM-1 – Intracellular adhesion molecule-1

ICDDR,B – International Center for Diarrheal Diseases and Research,

Bangladesh.

ICT – Immuno chromatographic test.

IE – Infected erythrocyte.

IFAT – Immuno fluroscent antibody technique.

IgG – Immunoglobulin G.

IgM – Immunoglobulin M.

IL-1 – Inter leukin-1.

IFN-g – Interferon-g

MMCH – Mymensingh Medical College Hospital.

MP – Malarial parasite.

ml – Milliliter

MSP – Merozoite surface protein.

PCD – Passive Case Detection.

PCR – Polymerase chain reaction.

Pf – Plasmodium falciparum.

PfEMP1 – P.falciparum erythrocyte membrane protein 1.

PfEMP2 – P.falciparum erythrocyte membrane protein 2.

PLDH – Plasmodium Lactate Dehydrogenase.

pRBC – Parasitized red blood cell.

Pv – Plasmodium vivax.

QBC – Quantitative Buffy Coat

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RBC – Red Blood Cell.

RBM – Roll Back Malaria

rif – repetitive interspersed family.

RNA – Ribonucleic acid.

SD – Standard deviation

SEA – South East Asia.

SEAR – South East Asia Region.

Th 1 – T helper cell 1.

TNFα – Tumor necrosis factor α.

UHC – Upazilla Health Complex.

UNDP – United Nations Development Programme.

VCAM1 – Vascular cell adhesion molecule1.

WBC – White Blood Cell.

WHO – World Heath Organization.

< – Less than.

µl – Microliter.

+ve – Positive.

-ve – Negative.

% – Percent.

ºC – Degree Celsius.

ºF – Degree Fahrenheit.