Burden of Malaria in Rajasthan and its seasonal variation: A record base study
Abstract
Malaria is still a major public health problem in India. It is caused by a protozoa transmitted through bite of a type of mosquito. Temperature and rainfall has important role in life cycle of mosquito. So this record base study was conducted to assess the burden of Malaria in Rajasthan in year 2018 with its seasonal variation. This study was conducted at Directorate Medical and Health Services (DMHS) Jaipur (Rajasthan) India. The present study found total 9205 cases of Malaria occurred in year 2018. It was found that that Malaria cases start increasing from September with peak was in October. Majority (72.61%) of cases found in September to November.
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Introduction
Malaria is a infectious disease caused by Plasmodium protozoans transmitted through bite of infected female Anapheles mosquito. It is still a public health problem in many of countries.
Globally, an estimated 3.4 billion people in 99 countries were at risk of contracting malaria with approximately 207 million reported cases and an estimated 627,000 reported deaths. 1 India is the most populous country affected by malaria, having over 400 million people affected with infection.2,3 Future climate changes may lead to an increase in malaria transmission in the marginally-suitable highland areas of Africa, South America and southeast Asia etc.4-8
A wide discrepancy in various figures in estimating actual burden of malaria in India.3,9,10 This disparity may be associated with under-reporting of malaria from rural regions, involved of the private sector and misdiagnosis.9,11
Temperature and rainfall influence the life cycle of female Anopheles mosquito vector and therefore the viability of the Plasmodium parasite within12,13,14 so there may be seasonal trend of Malaria. So this present study was conducted to assess the burden of Malaria in Rajasthan, India and its seasonal variation.
Conclusion
The present study concluded that Malaria cases start increasing from September with peak was in October. Majority (72.61%) of cases found in September to November i.e. post monsoon seasonal. The present study also found total 9205 cases of Malaria occurred in year 2018.