Most sensitive index of recent transmission of malaria in community:: (A) Spleen rate, (B) Infant parasite rate, (C) Annual parasite rate, (D) Slide positivity rate
Answer is B. Ans. is 'b'Annual parasite index measures incidence, spleen rate measures endemicity, ABER-Annual blood examination rate (index of operational efficiency) and SPR (slide positivity rate) - forecasting malaria and defining any area to be high risk or low risk.