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- Title
Study of Epidemiology of Malaria infections in Tribal Community Health and Nutrition Center Jainoor of Adilabad, Telangana, India.
- Authors
M., Anjaneyulu; V., Vanita Das; B., Ramesh; M., Shekhar
- Abstract
Malaria is estimated as one of the top 3 killers among infectious diseases by WHO.The occurrence of malaria is highly influenced by factors related to the parasite, the vector, the human host and especially the environment. In many places transmission is seasonal with the peak during and just after rainy season. Present study conducted in tribal CHNC Jainoor of Adilabad district Telangana. During 2013 and 2014 revealed that the malaria incidence due to Plasmodium falciparum was considerably high. Adilabad is mainly tribe-inhabited and one of the highly endemic district of Telangana Malaria cases from 2013 and 2014 were collected from the CHNC Jainoor total 350 clinically malaria patients from CHNC Jainoor from month of January to December of 2013 and 2014, were chosen for the study ranging, from infants to 80 years old. Finally it is concluded that during the study period Majority of malaria infections occur between months of July to December with peak in September to November. Usually high number of cases of Plasmodium falciparum malaria found in this region, Moreover large numbers of cases about 49.1% were found in age group of 15 and above years. It shown that these people are more prone to the Malaria.
- Subjects
TELANGANA (India); MALARIA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PLASMODIUM falciparum; WORLD Health Organization; HOST-parasite relationships
- Publication
International Journal of Pharmacy & Life Sciences, 2015, Vol 6, Issue 10/11, p4800
- ISSN
0976-7126
- Publication type
Article