Mosquito Economics in Laboratory: a retrospective study in a tertiary care hospital in India
Keywords:
Vector borne disease, Seasonal trend
Abstract
Background: Malaria, Dengue and Chikungunya are the major mosquito transmitted febrile illness in India. The retrospective study shows the three year trends in the laboratory testing for these diseases. These mosquito borne fever occur in the post monsoon period from late August till October every year.Methods: We collected data from test ordered for three mosquito borne diseases for past three years from laboratory software. Descriptive statistical analysis was done.Result: The total tests ordered for Malaria in the three year period were 4224, 5433 & 2360 for the year 2015-17, for Dengue 3978, 5957 & 2360 and for Chikungunya 258, 2525 & 170 respectively. The percentage positivity for malaria over three year period was 1.78% for 2015, 2.04% for 2016 and 1.99% for 2017. For Dengue it was 50.25% for 2015, 30.6% for 2016 and 14.76% for 2017. Chikungunya had higher percentage positivity in 2016 which was 28.67%, 13.18% in 2015 and 12.94% in 2017. The demand for tests was maximum in post monsoon period from September till October for the entire three vectors borne illness every year.Conclusion: The magnitude of increased workload on diagnostic facilities poses a challenge to developing countries. The study will enable the policy makers in taking rationale scientific decisions to issues of sanitation, cleanliness and hygiene in general, population and also on manpower management in diagnostic services so as to deliver quality health care facilities in the need of hour. DOI: 10.21276/AAMS.1785References
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