Data base management system for lymphatic filariasis--a neglected tropical disease.
BACKGROUND
Researchers working in the area of Public Health are being confronted with large volumes of data on various aspects of entomology and epidemiology. To obtain the relevant information out of these data requires particular database management system. In this paper, we have described about the usages of our developed database on lymphatic filariasis.


METHODS
This database application is developed using Model View Controller (MVC) architecture, with MySQL as database and a web based interface. We have collected and incorporated the data on filariasis in the database from Karimnagar, Chittoor, East and West Godavari districts of Andhra Pradesh, India.


CONCLUSIONS
The importance of this database is to store the collected data, retrieve the information and produce various combinational reports on filarial aspects which in turn will help the public health officials to understand the burden of disease in a particular locality. This information is likely to have an imperative role on decision making for effective control of filarial disease and integrated vector management operations.
Biology Division, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad, India. murty_usn@yahoo.com
Suryanaryana Murty
SM
Upadhyayula
Srinivasa Rao
SR
Mutheneni
Madhusudhan Rao
MR
Kadiri
Sriram
S
Kumaraswamy
Sarat Chandra Babu
SC
Nelaturu
D003628:Database Management Systems; D004605:Elephantiasis, Filarial / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D058069:Neglected Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014330:Tropical Medicine; D014584:User-Computer Interface