12Oct 2017

EMERGING ARBOVIRAL INFECTIONS IN EASTERN INDIA.

  • Department of Microbiology, Rajendra Institue of Medical Sciences, Ranchi.
  • Viral Research and Diagnostic Laboratory, Rajendra Institue of Medical Sciences, Ranchi.
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The arboviral diseases (arthropod-borne viral) are caused by a wide variety of RNA viruses with a life cycle that requires both a host (birds or mammals) and a vector6. More than 130 arboviruses are known to cause human disease, and are responsible for some of the most explosive epidemics of emerging infectious diseases over the past decade. The study was conducted at department of Microbiology at Rajendra Institute of Medical College, Ranchi at ICMR DHR VRDL center for 5 years from 2012 ? 2016. It has been seen that there is rapid increase of dengue cases from 2012 to 2016. It has also been observed that the infection is more prominent in the rural area than the urban areas and the infection has no effect on the gender. This retrospective study highlighted rain, temperature and relative humidity as the major and important climatic factors, which could alone or collectively be responsible for an outbreak, and also the drastic fall in the platelet count which is life threatening is highlighted.

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[Kumari Seema, Manoj Kumar, Ashok Sharma, Amber Prasad, Nikesh Sinha, Zulfiquar Ali Bhutoo and Poonam Kumari. (2017); EMERGING ARBOVIRAL INFECTIONS IN EASTERN INDIA. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 5 (Oct). 560-564] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com

Seema
Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences

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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/5560      
DOI URL: https://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/5560

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