Effect of meteorological variables on Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium falciparum malaria in outbreak prone districts of Rajasthan, India
| Autor: | Mercy Aparna L. Lingala |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Meteorological Concepts 030231 tropical medicine Plasmodium vivax India Disease Outbreaks lcsh:Infectious and parasitic diseases 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Environmental health parasitic diseases medicine Malaria Vivax Animals Humans lcsh:RC109-216 030212 general & internal medicine Malaria Falciparum biology Public health lcsh:Public aspects of medicine Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Plasmodium parasite Outbreak Plasmodium falciparum lcsh:RA1-1270 General Medicine biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Virology Infectious Diseases Correlation analysis Malaria control Malaria |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Infection and Public Health, Vol 10, Iss 6, Pp 875-880 (2017) |
| ISSN: | 1876-0341 |
| Popis: | Background: Malaria is a public health problem caused by Plasmodium parasite and transmitted by anopheline mosquitoes. Arid and semi-arid regions of western India are prone to malaria outbreaks. Malaria outbreak prone districts viz. Bikaner, Barmer and Jodhpur were selected to study the effect of meteorological variables on Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium falciparum malaria outbreaks for the period of 2009–2012. Method: The data of monthly malaria cases and meteorological variables was analysed using SPSS 20v. Spearman correlation analysis was conducted to examine the strength of the relationship between meteorological variables, P. vivax and P. falciparum malaria cases. Pearson’s correlation analysis was carried out among the meteorological variables to observe the independent effect of each independent variable on the outcome. Results: Results indicate that malaria outbreaks have occurred in Bikaner and Barmer due to continuous rains for more than two months. Rainfall has shown to be an important predictor of malaria outbreaks in Rajasthan. P. vivax is more significantly correlated with rainfall, minimum temperature (P |
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