Anopheline diversity in rural and urban areas of four districts of west bengal with emphasis on its molecular characterization and control by plant bio molecules

Abstract

Malaria affects thirty-six percent of the world population and two thousand twenty million of people are exposed to the risk of malaria in and#61566;90 countries. In the South-East Asian region of WHO, out of about 1.4 billion people living in eleven countries, 1.2 billion are exposed to the risk of malaria and most of them live in India. India accounts for approximately two third of the confirmed cases reported in the South- East Asian region. In India, the malaria is reported almost throughout the year. The central and eastern parts of our country are the most vulnerable regions for malaria. In India, five states including West Bengal account for sixty percent of cases of malaria according to World malaria report published in 2009. Of 58 anophelines in India, six taxa are major malaria vectors with regional distribution. newline