Volume : 7, Issue : 7, July - 2018

Co-prevalence of Dengue and Chikungunya Virus in South East Rajasthan

Dr. Gyan Prakash Tripathi, Dr . Ghanshyam Soni, Dr. Anita E. Chand, Dr. Saurabh Sharma

Abstract :

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:-5.65pt;margin-bottom:&#10;12.0pt;margin-left:-14.15pt;text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Background: Dengue and chikungunya infections appear to be increasing in India. While Aediesaegypti is the transmitting vector for both viruses and co-infection occurs in the same communities, studies on the clinical significance of co-infection are limited.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:-5.65pt;margin-bottom:&#10;12.0pt;margin-left:-14.15pt;text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Aims &amp; objective: 1. </span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:&#10;115%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:Calii">To study incidence of Dengue and Chikungunyaco</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">i</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;&#10;mso-fareast-font-family:Calii">nfection in </span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">South east Rajasthan.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:-5.65pt;margin-bottom:&#10;12.0pt;margin-left:-14.15pt;text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;&#10;mso-fareast-font-family:Calii">2.To identify Dengue infection &amp;Chikungunya infection in early phase of disease andprevent further complications.</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;&#10;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:-5.65pt;margin-bottom:&#10;12.0pt;margin-left:-14.15pt;text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Materials and Methods: We conducted a prospective study of patients with complaint of feile illness witharthralgia ,in Govt. Medical College&amp; attached hospitals Kota, Rajasthan, who were screened for serologic evidence of dengue and chikungunya infection <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:-14.15pt;&#10;text-align:justify;line-height:115%;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:&#10;none"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&#10;&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Result &amp;discussion :out of 200 patients, suspected of dengue and chikungunya,78 (39%) were positive for dengue IgM antibody,<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>Males (52.56%), 11-20 years was the most commonly affected age group (38%). Only 1 (0.5%) patient was positive for chikungunya antibody (IgM), 41-50 years age group.No patients was positive for antibody against both dengue and chikungunya, suggesting coinfection<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">.</b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight:&#10;bold">.However this study has the limitation with regards to small sample size to derive a fruitful conclusion and to overcome this, study on larger scale are needed.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>