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Around 11 districts in Uttar Pradesh have reported cases of the 'deadly' plasmodium falciparum (PF) malaria this year.
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Officials said that 39,135 cases of the plasmodium vivax (PV), the most widespread and common form of malaria, and 852 cases of PF were reported in Uttar Pradesh from January to August this year.
Out of total 852 persons tested positive with PF, 707 were in Bareilly, 106 in Budaun, 23 in Sonbhadra, five in Shahjahanpur, three each in Pilibhit and Bahraich and one each in Kanpur Dehat, Kushinagar, Mirzapur, Lalitpur, and Gautam Buddh Nagar.
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Joint Director (malaria) Avadhesh Yadav said: "Following an outbreak of malaria last year in Bareilly and Badaun, the cases are on the rise in these two districts, but the situation will be controlled by the end of the year. Except for Sonebhadra, other districts have reported only a few PF cases.
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The health department has sprayed larvicides in 22 villages, fogged 116 villages and sprayed pyrethrum in 193 villages of Bareilly to contain the breeding of mosquitoes this year till August.
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Most of the malaria cases being reported since January were detected in three blocks of Bareilly and four blocks of Badaun in the Bareilly-Budaun border.
Source-IANS
