Study of incidence of malaria, Dengue and Chikungunya fevers among febrile patients visiting tertiary care hospital (King George Hospital) in Visakhapatnam

ABSTRACT

Aim & objective: Study of incidence of malaria, Dengue and Chikungunya fevers among febrile patients visiting tertiary care hospital (King George hospital) in Visakhapatnam. Method: The study is conducted in-patients visiting King George Hospital, which is a Government General Hospital located in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India. The hospital with 1237 beds serving the needs of north coastal Andhra Pradesh and adjacent Orissa for more than 150 years. Patients presenting to the health centre with some signs and symptoms compatible with the diagnosis of malaria, dengue and chikungunya (fever which can be recent or in evidence during the previous 2-4 days or/and other symptoms of febrile diseases such as chills, headache, joint, muscle and body pains).100 febrile patients shall be selected randomly at the age group of 13-60 years Patients shall also be selected on the basis of febrile and other symptoms such as chills, headache, joint, and muscle and body pains. Results and Conclusion: Age wise Distribution of Malaria, Dengue and Chikungunya, number of patients n=100 were taken, total n=72 patients were positive for Malaria, n=24 patients were positive for Dengue and n=4 patients were Chikungunya. With the Mean of 10.6 and Standard Deviation are 6.1. From the age group of "36 to 50"years n=28 number of patients positive for both males and females, form this total n=12 positive for malaria with the percentage of 16.6% and Females were n=16 with the percentage of 22.2%. From the age group "51 to 65"years n=8 number of patients positive for malaria in both males and females, from this total the male patients were n=4 positive for malaria with the percentage of 5.6%. The age wise description of Dengue a total "n=24"number of patients are positive for Dengue in both males and females. From the total n=16 number of male patients which are positive for Dengue with the percentage of 66.6% with the Mean of 5.3 and Standard Deviation is 4.7.females were n=8 number of patients with the percentage of 33.3% and in the Mean of 11.1 with Standard Deviation is 2.4. The age wise description of Chikungunya fever of different age groups a total "n=4"number of patients are positive for Chikungunya fever in both males and females. From the total n=02 number of male patients which are positive for malaria with the percentage of 50% with the Mean of 0.6 and Standard Deviation is 0.5 females were n=02 number of patients with the percentage of 50% and in the Mean of 0.6 and Standard Deviation is 0.5. Chikungunya fever in both males and females, from the total male patients were n=0 positive for Chikungunya fever and females were n=1 number of patients positive for Chikungunya with the percentage of 25%. The maximum peaks are observed equally in the age of 36 to 50 years age group. The Month wise Description of Malaria, Dengue and Chikungunya positive patients from the month of April 2017 to month of October 2017. To identify the seasonal variation of the disease, analysis of the data on monthly basis was done.