National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme (NVBDCP)
National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme (NVBDCP)
maleria
- Malaria is a potentially life threatening parasitic disease. caused by parasites known as Plasmodium viviax (P.vivax), Plasmodium falciparum (P.falciparum), Plasmodium malariae (P.malariae) and Plasmodium ovale (P.ovale)
- It is transmitted by the infective bite of Anopheles mosquito
- Man develops disease after 10 to 14 days of being bitten by an infective mosquito
- There are two types of parasites of human malaria, Plasmodium vivax, P. falciparum, which are commonly reported from India.
- nside the human host, the parasite undergoes a series of changes as part of its complex life cycle. (Plasmodium is a protozoan parasite)
- The parasite completes life cycle in liver cells (pre-erythrocytic schizogony) and red blood cells (erythrocytic schizogony)
- Infection with P.falciparum is the most deadly form of malaria.
- Improve access of rural people, especially poor women and children to equitable, affordable, accountable and effective primary health care.
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