• Dr.K.Jwalamukhi
• Dr.Y.Vijaya Bharathi

Malaria, the disease that begins modestly enough has filled graveyards, killed kings and wrecked empires for millennia. A nasty parasite Plasmodium is one of the wonders of the world which constantly adapts to its surroundings by mastering sexual and asexual reproduction, by slipping immunological defenses of the Anopheles mosquito and human beings, rides in the belly of its arthropods to new victims. The epidemiology of malaria relies on three types of environments which are interdependent (Heggenhougen et al., 2003, Flessa 1999). Rural environments are more conducive to the spread of malaria as the rural environments (as compared to urban locations) generally provide the habitats congenial to mosquito breeding. The malaria situation of Vizianagaram district from 2004-2019. The SPR% ranges between (0.43-2.01) with in these 15years. There is a high in (2.01) and decrease in 2012-2019 (0.43-0.67). However, the Pf% ranges between (0.87- 4.75).The remarkable finding is when the SPR is low (0.43) in 2013. The Pf% is (0.87). Therefore, this data reveals that when SPR was on a lower side the Pf% may not low. The Pv% proceeded over Pf% did not show significant correlation of all the above-mentioned predictors cumulatively on SPR.

Anopheles, SPR: Slide Positivity Rate Pv: Plasmodium vivox, Pf: Plasmodium falciparum

"An epidemiological study to identify high risk areas of malaria in Vizianagaram district of Andhra Pradesh, India, 2004-2019", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 6, page no.e404-e410, June-2024, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2406454.pdf

"An epidemiological study to identify high risk areas of malaria in Vizianagaram district of Andhra Pradesh, India, 2004-2019", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 6, page no. ppe404-e410, June-2024, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2406454.pdf