Dr Shamaila Irum
Designation : Assistant Professor
(Tenured )
Specialization : Zoology/Parasitology, Helminthology
Specialization : Zoology/Parasitology, Helminthology
Email : [email protected]

I have been serving as Assistant Professor in dept of Zoology, University of Gujrat since 2016. My research field is related to Parasitology, Helminthology and Host parasite relationship. I am approved HEC supervisor and published various research papers in my related field. I have attended various workshops, seminars, congresses as presenter and participant. I have been working on various aspects in my research area that include Gastrointestinal Parasites Ectoparasites PCR Intermediate Hosts Infections
Parasitology, Helminthology, Host parasite relationship, molecular helminthology
- PhD,Arid Agriculture University
- M.Phil,Quaid-e-Azam University Islamabad
- M.Sc,Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi
- B.Sc,University of Punjab
- F.Sc,Rawalpindi Board of Intermedia
- HEC Indigenous scholarship PhD
- IRSIP (University of Glasgow UK) Research enhancement PhD
- British Society of Parasitology member
Student Name | Degree | Title | Status / Completed Year |
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Arbab Ehsan | BS | A demographic survey on the prevalence of gastrointestinal parasites based on socioeconomic determinants in Pakistan Gastrointestinal parasites and social determinants | 2020 |
Shehnila Asghar | MS | Taxonomic study of snails from Azad jammu kashmir Snails taxonomic study | 2021 |
Malik Aftab | MS | Cutaneous Leishmaniasis (CL): A Cross-Sectional Community Based Survey on Knowledge, Attitude and Practices in a Highly Endemic Area of Waziristan (KPK Province), Pakistan KAP study | 2021 |
Tuba Rasheed | MS | Morphological Identification and Distribution of Ticks in Large Ruminants From Distric Gujrat, Punjab Pakistan Ticks Identification and prevalent species in distric Gujrat | 2021 |
Sitara Nawaz | MS | Phlebotominae Sandflies Distribution and Incidence of Leishmaniasis from Selected Areas of Punjab Province, Pakistan Sandflies and their spread in selected areas | 2020 |
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1. Gulnaz Parveen , Naila Mukhtar , Irfan Ullah , Amtul Sami , Shamaila Irum, Nain Tara Bukhari, Aneela Naz and Tahira Batool “Degradation Of Fruits Layers By Enzymatic Activity Of Fungi” Pakistan Journal Of Botany, February 2023 DOI:
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2. Kanwal Nisa, Sadia Roshan, Shazia Shamas, Raheela Atta Mustafa, Shamaila Irum, Kalsoom Sughra and Memoona Iqbal “Studies on the Occurrence of Prostate Cancer in Gujrat, Punjab, Pakistan and its Association with Testosterone Level” Biologia, February 2023 DOI:
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3. Gulnaz Parveen , Naila Mukhtar , Irfan Ullah , Amtul Sami , Shamaila Irum, Nain Tara Bukhari, Aneela Naz and Tahira Batool “Degradation Of Fruits Layers By Enzymatic Activity Of Fungi” Pakistan Journal Of Botany, February 2023 DOI:
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4. Jan Baz Khan, Salma Gul, Shazia Sakhi, Shamaila Irum, Amtul Sami, Faryal Ali,Hikmat Ullah Jan, Sumaira Salahuddin Lodhi, Rahmat Ali, Muhammad Fiaz, Nosheen Khalid, Mahreen Khalid, Gulnaz Parveen “Antidiabetic And Antioxidant Potential Of Coprinus Comatus In Alloxan-Induced Diabatic Rats Model” Journal of Population Therapeutics& Clinical Pharmacology, February 2023 DOI:
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5. Naila Sajjad, M. Sheeraz Ahmad, Raja Tahir Mahmood, Muhammad Tariq, Muhammad Javaid Asad, Shamaila Irum, Anisa Andleeb, Abid Riaz, Dawood Ahmed “Purification and characterization of novelisoforms of the polyphenol oxidase fromMalus domestica fruit pulp” Plos One, February 2023 DOI:
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6. Haq, A., Khan A.,, Khan J., Irum S., Waheed Y., Ahmad S., Nizam, U., Albutti A., Zaman N. , Hussain, Zahid., Ali, S. S., Waseem M., Kanwal, F., Wei, Q. D and Wang Q. “Annotation of Potential Vaccine Targets and Design of a Multi-Epitope Subunit Vaccine against Yersinia pestis through Reverse Vaccinology and Validation through an Agent-Based Modeling Approach” Vaccine, December 2021 DOI:
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7. 6. Irum, S., Aftab, M., Khan, A., Naz, S., Simsek S. , Habib A.,Afzal,Sohail,M., Nadeem, A., Qasim, M., and Ahmed, H. “A Cross-Sectional Community Based Survey on Knowledge, Attitude and Practices in a Highly Endemic Area of Waziristan” Acta Tropica, February 2021 DOI:
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8. Shamas S., Zafar, M., Irum, S., Khan, L., Sadia, H., Roshan, S., Rahman, T.U., Yousaf, M and Ammar, M “Prevalence of diabetic mellitus in hepatitis C patients in tehsil Wazirabad, district Gujranwala Pakistan” Baghdad Science Journal, December 2020 DOI:
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9. sitara nawaz, shamaila irum “Phlebotominae Sandflies Distribution and Incidence of Leishmaniasis from Selected Areas of Punjab Province, Pakistan” Punjab University Journal of Zoology, August 2020 DOI:
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10. Khan, A, Ahmed, H., Simsek, S, Gondal, M.A., Afzal, M.S., Irum, S., Muhammad, Mansur, H., Fatima, A., Ali, M.S., Riaz, N., Akbar, A., Weiping, W.and Yayi, G. “Poverty-associated emerging infection of Cystic Echinococcosis in population of Northern Pakistan: A hospital-based study” Tropical Biomedicine, June 2019 DOI:
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11. 12. Khan, A., Zahoor, S. , Ahmed H., Malik, U., Butt, A, R. , Muzam S, M., Kilinc, S,G., Noor N., Zahoor, S., Afzal,S, Muhammad., M., Irum, S ., and Simsek S. “A Retrospective Analysis on the Cystic Echinococcosis Cases Occured in Northeastern Punjab Province, Pakistan” Korean Journal Of Parasitology, March 2018 DOI:
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12. shamaila irum, haroon ahmed, bushra mirza “In vitro and in vivo anthelmintic activity of extracts from Artemisia parviflora and A. Sieversiana” Helminthologia, April 2017 DOI:
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13. shamaila irum, bushra mirza “Anthelmintic activity of Artemisia vestita Wall ex DC and Artemisia maritima L. against Haemonchus contortus of sheep” Veterinary Parasitology, June 2015 DOI: