Surveillance of Malaria Cases among Residents of Villages of Tarwa Block, Azamgarh

Author(s)	Dr. Sandeep Kumar Pandey, Dr. Alok Ranjan, Dr. Swapnil Gupta, Dr. Sujay Kumar Vishwas, Taruni Soni
Country	India
Abstract	Malaria is a protozoal disease caused by infection with parasites of genus plasmodium and transmitted to man by certain species of infected female anopheles mosquito. This mosquito is mainly found in tropical countries. Study was conducted in villages of Tarwa block, Azamgarh Uttar Pradesh, India. It was a cross sectional study where total 50 cases were studied. It was found that maximum affected population were from 10-45 year age group. Also found that all cases were suffering from fever followed by myalgia (82%), headache (78%) and retro-orbital pain in 73% of cases. During this surveillance study it was found that main source of mosquito breeding were standing water, containers, drains and gutters, water storage tanks, bird baths, flower pot saucers, ponds and lakes, pools, septic tank and sewage and marshes and wetlands.
Keywords	Malaria, Vector, transmission, agent, fever, surveillance, mosquito.
Field	Medical / Pharmacy
Published In	Volume 5, Issue 4, July-August 2023
Published On	2023-08-11
Cite This	Surveillance of Malaria Cases among Residents of Villages of Tarwa Block, Azamgarh - Dr. Sandeep Kumar Pandey, Dr. Alok Ranjan, Dr. Swapnil Gupta, Dr. Sujay Kumar Vishwas, Taruni Soni - IJFMR Volume 5, Issue 4, July-August 2023. DOI 10.36948/ijfmr.2023.v05i04.5220
DOI	https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2023.v05i04.5220
Short DOI	https://doi.org/gskxbz

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