Malaria peculiarities in the students of PSMU and Indian educational establishments as well as in the Indian inhabitants from slum and non-slum areas dependently on typological belonging and some other contributive factors

Abstract

Malaria is widely-spread infectious disease in the world. India is not an exception. We were interested in analyzing the disease’ perception peculiarities in our educational establishment’ and other students in India as well as non-students living in India. Our survey established in part the varieties in morbidity in India different parts, in rural and urban areas, in slum and non-slum districts while emphasizing on water sources important contribution in the disease transmission as well as age varieties in the morbidity. The majority of people insist on mechanical (anti-Anopheles nets) and chemical protection as well as essentiality to follow proper hygiene. We prove necessity to take ethno-age typological aspect into consideration while malaria multi-facetated study (students belong to separate age category and there were age varieties in the sick’ amounts with maximal age in 18 years).