Malaria Vector Mosquitoes and Their Relationship with Human Life Activities in Hindupur Mandal, Andhra Pradesh, India

K. Yerri Lakshmi

Child development project officer, ICDS project, Yerraguntla cross, Dharmavaram, Sri Satya Sai (Dist)., Andhra Pradesh, India.

ABSTRACT

Mosquitoes are living organisms that are spread throughout the world, most of which can be detrimental to human life because they spread infectious diseases (vector-borne diseases), including malaria, dengue fever, encephalitis, filaria, and chikungunya. Not all female mosquito species can act as disease transmitters; only a few include the Anopheles, Culex, Aedes, and Mansonia genera. Important diseases that these four genera can transmit are malaria, filaria, dengue fever, and Japanese encephalitis. This paper examines how Anopheles mosquitoes can cause public health problems and their distribution to human activities in Hindupur mandal (13.8300°N; 77.4900°E) villages, Andhra Pradesh, India. Various human activities can contribute to breeding places for mosquitoes if these places are not well maintained/controlled. This will be detrimental to humans because the mosquito population increases, providing opportunities for mosquito bites to come into contact with humans. Certain mosquito vector species are closely related to human activities, from managing rice fields, fish ponds, plantations, animal husbandry, and storing water to disposing of household wastewater, providing opportunities for mosquitoes to breed. In general, malaria vectors in Hindupur Mandal, Andhra Pradesh, India, have zoophilic and slightly anthropophilic behavioral characteristics, which are different in each endemic area and are emphatic and exophilic, which are also different as an entomological parameter of health.

Keywords:  Key words: Mosquitoes, infectious diseases, Anopheles, human life activities

Cite the article: Lakshmi, K. Y. (2025). Malaria vector mosquitoes and their relationship with human life activities in Hindupur Mandal, Andhra Pradesh, India. International Journal of Law, Education, Social and Sports Studies (IJLESS), 12(1), 51–58. https://doi.org/10.33329/ijless.12.1.51