Scrub typhus in rural areas & suburbs of Vidarbha region of Maharashtra

Sir, In 2018, between August and October, 490 serum samples from patients with acute undifferentiated febrile illness of more than four days and varied symptoms with or without eschar were collected at various primary health centres and rural and district hospitals of Vidarbha region of Maharashtra...

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Published in:Indian journal of medical research (New Delhi, India : 1994) India : 1994), 2020-01, Vol.151 (1), p.104-106
Main Authors: Bhise, Swati, Taiwade, Pooja, Zodpey, Sunanda, Agarwal, Vandana
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Antigens
Bacterial infections
Child
Child, Preschool
Correspondence
Deoxyribonucleic acid
DNA
Female
Fever
Health services
Humans
Illnesses
India - epidemiology
Infections
Laboratories
Male
Middle Aged
Orientia tsutsugamushi - isolation & purification
Orientia tsutsugamushi - pathogenicity
Rural areas
Scrub Typhus - diagnosis
Scrub Typhus - epidemiology
Scrub Typhus - microbiology
Typhoid
Typhus
Viral infections
Young Adult
Zoonoses
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Summary:Sir, In 2018, between August and October, 490 serum samples from patients with acute undifferentiated febrile illness of more than four days and varied symptoms with or without eschar were collected at various primary health centres and rural and district hospitals of Vidarbha region of Maharashtra State, India, through the Directorate of Health Services (DHS), Maharashtra, under the Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP). Information on demographic, clinical and available supportive laboratory investigations (haemoglobin percentage, complete blood count, liver function tests and kidney function tests) of the patients was collected. Nested polymerase chain reaction (N-PCR) targeting the 56 and 47 kDa surface antigen genes was performed in two rounds[1] each using primers synthesized by Eurofins Genomics, Ebersberg, Germany.
ISSN:0971-5916
DOI:10.4103/ijmr.IJMR_2258_18