Chikungunya in West Bengal, India

被引：6

作者：

Bandyopadhyay, Bhaswati ^{[1
]}

Pramanik, N. ^{[1
]}

De, Rajyasree ^{[1
]}

Mukherjee, D. ^{[2
]}

Mukherjee, H. ^{[1
]}

Neogi, D. K. ^{[1
]}

Hati, A. K. ^{[3
]}

机构：

[1] Sch Trop Med, Kolkata 700073, India

[2] Saha Inst Nucl Phys, Kolkata, India

[3] Gautam Labs, Kolkata 700007, India

来源：

TROPICAL DOCTOR | 2009年 / 39卷 / 01期

关键词：

CALCUTTA;

D O I：

10.1258/td.2008.080077

中图分类号：

R1 [预防医学、卫生学];

学科分类号：

1004 ; 120402 ;

摘要：

Fever of unknown origin broke out in several districts of West Bengal, from August 2007 to December 2007. The cases were suffering from high fever, severe joint pain lasting for several weeks after clinical cure and appearance of skin rashes. Patients' sera were collected at least five days after fever and were analyzed to detect specific IgM antibodies. A total of 800 patients were investigated and 321 (40.13%) were found to be reactive for Chikungunya antibodies. Of the patients, 66% were male. Predominant signs and symptoms observed in the sero-positive cases were fever (100%), arthralgia (96%) and diffuse erythematous skin rash (94%). Of the patients, 3% had haemorrhagic manifestations. Re-emerging Chikungunya virus spread in epidemic form in several districts of West Bengal after a gap of four decades.

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页数：2