Open AccessA Study of Annual Parasite Incidence (API) in the Seven Districts of the Bastar Region of Chhattisgarh State
Author(s) -
Arvind Nath,
AUTHOR_ID
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of communicable diseases/journal of communicable diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2581-351X
pISSN - 0019-5138
DOI - 10.24321/0019.5138.202186
Subject(s) - parasite hosting , incidence (geometry) , malaria , geography , veterinary medicine , socioeconomics , biology , medicine , immunology , mathematics , geometry , sociology , world wide web , computer science
The seven districts of the Bastar region of Chhattisgarh state had a very high Annual Parasite Incidence (API) during 2017 and 2018. However, following the “Malaria-Mukt Bastar” campaigns being held in 2020 and 2021, it is expected that the API will come down drastically.