India, Oct. 4 -- Pune city this monsoon has witnessed a rising trend for all vector-borne disease cases like dengue, chikungunya and Zika virus. Surprisingly few private hospitals have even come across malaria cases, which was not the situation in the previous years, officials said.

As per the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) data the city reported three malaria case till October 3, while as per private hospitals the number is more than a dozen in the last two months (August and September).

The majority of the malaria cases reported in the city are caused by plasmodium vivax, a protozoal parasite and a few cases of Plasmodium Falciparum, a unicellular protozoan parasite, said the officials.

Dr Ameet Dravid, infectious diseases expert a...