Open AccessClimate Drivers on Malaria Transmission in Arunachal Pradesh, India
Author(s) -
Suryanaryana Murty Upadhyayula,
Srinivasa Rao Mutheneni,
Sumana Chenna,
Vaideesh Parasaram,
Madhusudhan Rao Kadiri
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
plos one
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.99
H-Index - 332
ISSN - 1932-6203
DOI - 10.1371/journal.pone.0119514
Subject(s) - malaria , plasmodium vivax , transmission (telecommunications) , plasmodium falciparum , principal component analysis , geography , biology , veterinary medicine , socioeconomics , environmental health , ecology , medicine , immunology , statistics , sociology , electrical engineering , engineering , mathematics
The present study was conducted during the years 2006 to 2012 and provides information on prevalence of malaria and its regulation with effect to various climatic factors in East Siang district of Arunachal Pradesh, India. Correlation analysis, Principal Component Analysis and Hotelling’s T 2 statistics models are adopted to understand the effect of weather variables on malaria transmission. The epidemiological study shows that the prevalence of malaria is mostly caused by the parasite Plasmodium vivax followed by Plasmodium falciparum . It is noted that, the intensity of malaria cases declined gradually from the year 2006 to 2012. The transmission of malaria observed was more during the rainy season, as compared to summer and winter seasons. Further, the data analysis study with Principal Component Analysis and Hotelling’s T 2 statistic has revealed that the climatic variables such as temperature and rainfall are the most influencing factors for the high rate of malaria transmission in East Siang district of Arunachal Pradesh.
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