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Journal of Mosquito Research, 2013, Vol.3, No.7, 54
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various kinds of mosquitoes and their scientific names.
About 51.96% of the total populations remove
stagnant water once a fort-night but the rest do not
practice it. About 36.27% responded that mosquito
transmitted some serious diseases, about 56.86%
informed that mosquitoes only create biting nuisance
whereas 6.86% have no knowledge about the role of
mosquitoes in spreading the diseases or biting
nuisance. In a question related to knowledge about the
breeding places of mosquito, 66.67% identified
polluted water of drains as a major source of mosquito
breeding followed by garbage (Table 4). In response
to a question related to the preferred time of biting of
mosquitoes, majority (42.15%) answered night (Table 5).
When a particular question was asked on the name of
a disease, most preferred answer was malaria (50%)
followed by dengue (Table 6). In a question related to
the most common symptom of mosquito borne
diseases, fever was most preferred answer (50%)
(Table 7). In this study area majority of the people
used private medical practitioner for their health
checkup (48.03%); where as 37.25% people depends
upon Govt. Health system (Table 8). Majority of the
people (49.01%) have accumulated information
regarding mosquito borne diseases from their daily
observations on seek people (Table 9). Use of various
types of repellent is the most important source of
personal protection to the study population (Table 10)
and about a quarter of the surveyed population use bed
net at night. In a question related the application of
suitable efforts by the government, majority of the
people wants daily cleaning of garbage as well as
cleaning of drains at regular intervals (Table 11). The
people were also asked during the study whether they
were aware that government is taking some measure
to reduce the incidence of public health problems.
About 28% people in the sample mentioned that they
are aware about government efforts in form of
cleaning of garbages drains etc and spraying of
chemical larvicides. About 38% do not know about it.
About 34% mentioned that government effort is
lacking. So a high percentage of people are hardly
aware of the governmental efforts and thus active
participation of the community remains to be answered.
Table 3 Description of the respondents involved in the study
Descriptive
parameters
Groups
Respondents (%)
14~20
13.89
21~30
19.44
31~40
34.72
41~50
25
Age (yrs)
51~60
6.94
Students
16.67
Business man
30.55
Service holders
31.94
Occupations
Others
20.83
Table 4 General perception of community people about
breeding places of mosquitoes
Types of breeding places
Respondents (%)
Drains/polluted water
66.66
Garbage
18.62
Clean water
7.84
No knowledge
6.86
Table 5 General perception of community people about
preferred time of mosquito bite
Preferred biting time
Respondents (%)
Day
15.68
Night
42.15
Evening
32.35
Afternoon
9.80
Table 6 General perception of community people about
different types of mosquito borne diseases
Types of diseases
Respondents (%)
Malaria
50
Filariasis
8.82
Dengue
30.39
No knowledge
10.78
Table 7 General perception of community people about
symptoms of mosquito borne diseases
Symptoms
Respondents (%)
Fever
50
Shivering
24.50
Nausea and vomiting
17.64
No knowledge
7.84
Table 8 Source of medical treatments used by community
people of Bankura town
Source of treatments
Respondents (%)
Govt. Health system
37.25
Private practioner
48.03
Self medication
11.76
Home remedy
2.94