Seroepidemiology of a focal outbreak of dengue in Tamil Nadu [2]

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 124, Issue DEC., 2006, Pages 718-720

  Paramasivan, R ^a   Thenmozhi, V ^a   Kabilan, L ^a   Tewari, S C ^a   Arunachalam, N ^a   Dhananjeyan, K J ^a   Tyagi, B K ^a  

^a Centre for Research in Medical Entomology ICMR   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AEDES AEGYPTI; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FEVER; GROUPS BY AGE; HEADACHE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS DETECTION; VOMITING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENGUE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 34247118708     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: 09715916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

References (18)

1. Mehendale SM, Risbud AR, Rao JA, Banergee. K. Outbreak of dengue fever in rural areas pf Parbhani district of Maharashtra (India). Indian J Med Res 1991; 93: 6-11.
2. Ilkal MA, Dhanda V, Hassan MM, Mavale M, Mahadev PVM, Shetty PS, et al. Entomological investigations during outbreaks of dengue fever in certain villages in Maharashtra state. Indian J Med Res 1991; 93: 174-8.
3. Abdul Kader MS, Kandaswamy P, Appavoo NC, Anuradha L. Outbreak and control of dengue in a village in Dharmapuri, Tamil Nadu. J Comm Dis 1997; 29: 69-71.
4. Kumar A, Sharma SK, Padbidri VS, Thakare JP, Jain DC, Datta KK. An outbreak of dengue fever in a rural areas of northern India. J Commun Dis 2001; 33: 274-81.
5. Arunachalam N, Murty US, Kabilan L, Balasubramanian A, Thenmozhi V, Narahari D, et al. Studies on dengue in rural areas of Kurnool District, Andhra Pradesh, India. J Am Mosq Control Assoc 2004; 20: 87-90.
6. Myers RM, Varkey MJ, Reuben R, Jesudass ES. Dengue outbreak in Vellore, southern India, in 1968, with isolation of four dengue types from man and mosquitoes. Indian J Med Res 1970; 58: 24-30.
7. Cherian T, Ponnuraj E, Kuruvilla T, Kirubakaran C, John TJ, Ragupathy P. An epidemic of dengue heamorrhagic fever & dengue shock syndrome in & around Vellore. Indian J Med Res 1994; 100: 51-6.
8. Singh J, Balakrishnan N, Bharadhwaj M, Amuthadevi P, George EG, Subramani K, et al. Silent spread of dengue and dengue hemorrhagic fever to Coimbatore and Erode districts in Tamil Nadu, India 1998: need for effective surveillance to monitor and control the disease. Epidemiol Infect 2000; 125: 195-200.
9. Victor TJ, Malathi M, Gurusamy D, Desai A, Ravi V, Narayanasamy G, et al. Dengue fever outbreaks in two villages of Dharmapuri district in Tamil Nadu. Indian J Med Res 2002; 116: 133-9.
10. WHO. Vector survey and its application; Guidelines for dengue surveillance and control. World Health Organisation, Regional Office for the Western Pacific Manilla; 2003 p 17-22.
11. Kabilan L, Balasubramanian S, Keshava S M, Thenmozhi V, Sekar G, Tewari SC, et al. Dengue disease spectrum among infants in the 2001 epidemic in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. J Clin Microbiol 2003; 41: 3919-21.
12. Vijayakumar TS, Chandy S, Satish N, Abraham M, Abraham P, Sridharan G. Is dengue emerging as a major public health problem? Indian J Med Res 2005; 121: 100-7.
13. Bandyopadhyay S, Lum LC, Kroeger A. Clasifying dengue: a review of the difficulties in using the WHO case classification for dengue haemorrhagic fever. Trop Med Int Health 2006; 11: 1238-55.
14. Gajanana A, Rajendran R, Thenmozhi V, Samuel PP, Tsai TF, Reuben R. Comparative evaluation of bioassay and ELISA for detection of Japanese encephalitis virus in field collected mosquitoes. Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 1995; 26: 91-7.
15. Sheppard. PM, Macdonald MW, Tonn RJ. A new method of measuring the relative prevalence of Aedes aegypti. Bull World Health Organ 1969; 40: 467.
16. Thenmozhi V, Tewari SC, Manavalan R, Balasubramanian A, Gajanana A. Natural vertical transmission of dengue viruses in Aedes aegypti in Southern India. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 2000; 94: 507.
17. Paramasivan R, Thenmozhi V, Hiriyan J, Dhananjeyan KJ, Tyagi BK, Dash AP. Serological and entomological investigations of an outbreak of dengue fever in certain rural areas of Kanyakumari district, Tamil Nadu. Indian J Med Res 2006; 123: 697-701.
18. Prevention and control of dengue and dengue haemorrhagic fever - Comprehensive guidelines. World Health Organizatgion Regional Publication. SEARO No. 29 1999 p. 1-134.