Scenario of malaria in Andaman and Nicobar Islands
2017 ◽
Vol 4
(12)
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pp. 4416
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Background: Malaria is an important vector borne disease persisting to be a major public health problem in India. The objective of this study is to find the present scenario of malaria in Andaman and Nicobar Islands.Methods: Retrospective data mining of records from the year January 2010 to December 2016 from 35 primary and community health centres existing across Andaman and Nicobar Islands.Results: A total of 517303 samples were examined from 2010 to 2016 out of which this 8397 samples were found microscopically positive of which P. vivax cases were 5631 (67.06%) and P. falciparum cases were 2766 ( 32.94%).Conclusions: There is gradual decrease in number of positive malarial cases as well as decrease in API.
2020 ◽
Vol 16
(11)
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pp. 57
2018 ◽
Vol 7
(3.34)
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pp. 439
2018 ◽
Vol 4
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pp. 513
2020 ◽
Vol 11
(SPL1)
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pp. 967-971
2009 ◽
Vol 18
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pp. 123-129
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2000 ◽
Vol 6
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pp. 1017-1025
2011 ◽
Vol 5
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pp. 324-337
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2017 ◽
Vol 22
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pp. 106-112