Prevalence of malaria at tribal district gondia

Author: 
Dr. Madhavi V. Madkey, Dr. Dilip Gedam, Mr. Ashish Meshram ,Dr. M.S.Qazi and Dr. Swati Gajbhiye

Malaria has remained a greatest health and socioeconomic burden in the tropical and subtropical regions of the world. Malaria is an endemic disease in India. India has the highest malaria burden in South East Asia Region. In India, malaria is a major public health problem in states having predominantly tribal population. In our study, total 4,95,286 peripheral smears were studied in 2016,out of which 920 cases were positive for malaria with prevalence rate of 0.186 %. In the year 2017, out of 4,47,468 peripheral smears, 679 cases were positive for malaria. Prevalence rate of malaria was 0.152 %. In 2016, cases with Plasmodium vivax (47.17%) were more whereas in 2017, Cases of Plasmodium falciparum (56.41%) were more. Prevalence of malaria was more in males than females, most of the cases occurred in the age group 21-50 years with peak at 31-40 years.

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4165-4168
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DOI: 
http://dx.doi.org/10.24327/23956429.ijcmpr201905647
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