Susceptibility of malaria vectors to insecticides in Gadchiroli district (Maharashtra), India

摘要

Malaria is hyperendemic in central parts of India with 95 % of the population at risk of infection. In Maharashtra state, Gadchiroli district is one of the high malaria endemic districts where 13,553 malaria positive cases were reported in the year 2010, out of which Plasmodium falciparum accounted for 82.4%. Slide positivity rate (SPR) in Gadchiroli district has been ranging from as low as 1.43 to as high as 2.5% between the years 2006 and 20102. But it has been substantially higher (2.5%) in 2010.