Status of Malaria in India
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Malaria, a disease of antiquity, has proved to be a formidable deterrent to the cultural and socioeconomic progress of man in the tropical, sub-tropical and monsoon prone zones of the world. History is replete with instances of devastation caused by this disease. Wide distribution and its intensity of transmission in India were important factors for slow economic, scientific and industrial progress in the country during last two centuries. However, towards the end of the last century, when the biological characteristics of vector-borne diseases began to be unravelled through pioneering research initiated by Sir Ronald Ross, the mechanism of transmission of human malaria began to be revealed.
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