title: Prevalence of malaria, dengue, and chikungunya significantly associated with mosquito breeding sites.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To observe the prevalence of malaria, dengue, and chikungunya and their association with mosquito breeding sites.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study was observational and analytical. A total of 162 houses and 670 subjects were observed during the study period. One hundred forty-two febrile patients were eligible for the study. After obtaining informed consent from all febrile patients, 140 blood samples were collected to diagnose malaria, dengue, and chikungunya. Larval samples were collected by the standard protocol that follows. Correlation of data was performed by Pearson correlation test.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Forty-seven blood samples were found positive: 33 for chikungunya, 3 for dengue, and 11 for malaria. Fifty-one out of 224 larval samples were found positive. Out of the 51 positive samples, 37 were positive for Aedes, 12 were positive for Anopheles, and two were positive for Culex larvae.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Mosquito-borne fevers, especially malaria, dengue, and chikungunya, have shown a significant relationship with mosquito breeding sites.
authors.affiliation: Filaria Hospital and Centre for Disease Control, Saidpur, Nilphamari, Bangladesh.
authors.forename: Mohammad Nazrul
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Islam
authors.forename: Mohammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zulkifle
authors.forename: Arish Mohammad Khan
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Sherwani
authors.forename: Susanta Kumar
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Ghosh
authors.forename: Satyanarayan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tiwari
keywords: Malaria; chikungunya; dengue; larvae; mosquito breeding sites