A CROSS SECTIONAL STUDY OF AWARENESS IN MALARIA AND DENGUE - A CASE STUDY OF NASHIK CITY (MAHARASHTRA)

There are several tropical mosquito borne infections. Malaria and dengue are the two common
mosquito infections that are very important and cause high morbidity and mortality in every part of the
world. Malaria is spread by Anopheles mosquitoes. It’s caused by a parasite called Plasmodium. When
an infected mosquito bites us this parasite enters in to our body and goes to liver where it affects red
blood cells. While dengue is a mosquito borne viral infection it’s also called break bone fever in severe
cases it changes in to life threatening dengue hemorrhagic fever, resulting in low level of platelets, low
blood pressure and bleeding occurs. In this research paper we hereby to know the awareness of malaria
and dengue to the people of Nashik city