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DOI	10.4103/1755-6783.120987
	Entomo-epidemiological investigations of chikungunya outbreak in Delhi, India
	Jain, Ruchi; Acharya, Anita S.; Khandekar, Jyoti; Jais, Manoj
通讯作者	Jain, R
来源期刊	ANNALS OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH
ISSN	1755-6783
EISSN	0974-6005
出版年	2013
卷号	6 期号:3 页码:297-300
英文摘要	Context: An outbreak of fever with severe joint pain started in the Palam area of Delhi in August 2010. An entomological and epidemiological investigation of this outbreak was conducted to ascertain the nature and cause of the outbreak. Aim: Aim of the study was to investigate the nature and cause of the outbreak and to contain its further spread. Settings and Design: It was a cross-sectional study conducted in the Palam area of south-west Delhi, situated at a distance of about 20 km from Medical College. It is one of the field practice areas for training of undergraduate and postgraduate students of Department of Community Medicine of Medical College of Delhi. Materials and Methods: All patients attending OPD of Primary Health Center (PHC) Palam, complaining of ever with incapacitating joint pain, were screened for chikungunya fever. Of the 750 suspected chikungunya patients, 130 blood samples were randomly drawn amongst these patients. Out of the 130 tested, 97 (70.8%) were positive for the IgM antibodies against chikungunya virus. House-to-house survey was conducted in the affected area for more cases and to find out the vector-breeding sites. Statistical Analysis: Frequency distributions were calculated for age and sex. Results: The main breeding sites of the mosquitoes were the desert coolers of houses, water stored in metal and plastic containers, and water collections at construction sites. Aedes mosquito was present in almost all the houses surveyed in the area. Conclusions: It was concluded that the routine campaigns need to be organized regularly within the community highlighting the potential breeding grounds of mosquitoes and the possible control methods. Source reduction strategies like cleaning of desert coolers on weekly basis, emptying of water containers, and close monitoring of construction sites for potential breeding of the vector needs to be done on a regular basis to avoid future outbreaks.
英文关键词	Aedes mosquito chikungunya outbreak entomological investigations
类型	Article
语种	英语
收录类别	ESCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000218833900007
WOS类目	Tropical Medicine
WOS研究方向	Tropical Medicine
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/330405
作者单位	Lady Hardinge Med Coll & Hosp, Dept Community Med, New Delhi, India; Lady Hardinge Med Coll & Hosp, Dept Microbiol, New Delhi, India
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Jain, Ruchi,Acharya, Anita S.,Khandekar, Jyoti,et al. Entomo-epidemiological investigations of chikungunya outbreak in Delhi, India[J],2013,6(3):297-300.
APA	Jain, Ruchi,Acharya, Anita S.,Khandekar, Jyoti,&Jais, Manoj.(2013).Entomo-epidemiological investigations of chikungunya outbreak in Delhi, India.ANNALS OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH,6(3),297-300.
MLA	Jain, Ruchi,et al."Entomo-epidemiological investigations of chikungunya outbreak in Delhi, India".ANNALS OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH 6.3(2013):297-300.