Title

A web based relational database management system for filariasis control

Authors

Upadhyayula Suryanarayana Murty^1*, Duvvuri Venkata Rama Satya Kumar¹, Kumarawsamy Sriram¹, Kadiri Madhusudhan Rao¹, Chakravarthula Hayageeva Narasimha Venakata Bhattacharyulu¹, Bhoopathi Praveen¹ and Amirapu Radha Krishna²

Affiliation

¹Bioinformatics Group, Biology Division, Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (CSIR), Hyderabad – 500 007, Andhra Pradesh, India, ²Computer Division, Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (CSIR), Hyderabad – 500 007, Andhra Pradesh, India

E-mail*

murty_usn@yahoo.com; * Corresponding author

Article Type

Web database

Date

received April 25, 2005; revised April 29, 2005; accepted  April 30, 2005; published online April 30, 2005

Abstract

The present study describes a RDBMS (relational database management system) for the effective management of Filariasis, a vector borne disease. Filariasis infects 120 million people from 83 countries. The possible re-emergence of the disease and the complexity of existing control programs warrant the development of new strategies. A database containing comprehensive data associated with filariasis finds utility in disease control. We have developed a database containing information on the socio-economic status of patients, mosquito collection procedures, mosquito dissection data, filariasis survey report and mass blood data. The database can be searched using a user friendly web interface.

Availability

http://www.webfil.org (login and password can be obtained from the authors)

Keywords

Filariasis; web-based; RDBMS; control measures; disease management

Citation

Murty et al., Bioinformation 1(1): 19-20 (2005)

Edited by

M. Ravichandran

ISSN

0973-2063

Publisher

Biomedical Informatics

License

This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.