A retrospective study of malaria outbreak in children of a defence establishment in Gujarat State of India

Introduction: Malaria is a major health threat in India. Many states including Guj and focal outbreaks of malaria from 1997 to 2006. India suffered from an epidemic of BT malaria in 2005, which was confirmed investigation. Material and methods: An outbreak of malaria occurred in a closed defence campus was investigated by an epidemiologist and was confirmed as an epidemic. Measures advised for its co and further prevention were strictly implemented to control it. The study is based on the reported information and data collected at the time of investigation. Results: In a population of 4832 in a closed campus, 363 cases positivity rate of 27.07 percent and overall API of 75.12 per thousand populations. The incidence was relatively higher among the children below group. High spleen rate and infant parasite rate confirmed the local transmission excessive breeding of vector was noticed as several places. Discussion: The campus suffered from BT malaria epidemic with very high API among younger population of school going children mainly due to local transmission caused by An. stephens was found breeding heavily in pools, ditches, overhead tanks and static tanks. The epidemic resulted due to insincere efforts in implementing anti Conclusion: The epidemic affected all age groups with a very high incidence in school going children especially 6 defence establish