Abstract

SEASONAL VARIATION ON MALARIA INCIDENCE IN DISTRICT AND TRIBAL AREAS OF SRIKAKULUM, ANDHRA PRADESH, INDIA

N. Ravi Kumar*, K. Sunita and G. Sravani

ABSTRACT

The objective of the current study was to determine the seasonal variation of malaria prevalence of the tribal and district areas among the selected people of Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh. The seasonal variation of surveillance indices like Monthly Parasite Index (MPI), Slide Positivity Rate (SPR), Slide vivax Rate (SvR), Slide falciparum Rate (SfR) and Plasmodium falciparum proportion (Pf%) of Srikakulam was described. The current study investigation represents that the surveillance of malaria infection was found to be highest during the wet season when compared with dry season. The assessment of the climatic parameters represents the current malaria transmission in India which was based on the present endemic nature of malaria in India, and likely to extent the malarial activity in the future due to climate change.

Keywords: Incidence of malaria, Plasmodium falciparum, Plasmodium vivax, Seasonal variation.