detection of hiv seropositivity during an outbreak of japanese encephalitis in manipur. | an epidemic outbreak of japanese encephalitis (je) occurred during mid 1995. sixteen serum samples from patients with history of febrile headache, convulsions, mental confusion, neck rigidity etc. were sent to the department of virology, school of tropical medicine, calcutta, in august, 1995. twelve (75%) showed hiv antibody against jev. out of these 12 sera showing hiv antibody titre between 1:40 and 1:160, eight (66.6%) showed igm antibody, giving the presumptive diagnosis of recent jev infect ... | 1998 | 9914678 |
biodiversity of mosquitoes in manipur state and their medical significance. | entomological studies conducted during monsoon and post-monsoon season in manipur state revealed the presence of fifty-five species of mosquitoes under ten genera. out of the seventeen anopheles species recorded, anopheles aconitus, an. dirus and an. nivipes were recorded for the first time from the state. the present study has confirmed the existence of an. dirus, the major malaria vector in the northeast from a selected area of the state. among culicines, four species viz., aedes nigrostriatus ... | 2005 | 16334293 |
epidemiology of japanese encephalitis in context with indian scenario. | japanese encephalitis (je) has been prevalent in various countries of east and south-east asia since long. in india, je virus activity was, however, first detected in 1952 through sero-epidemiological surveys in nagpur district of maharashtra and chingleput district of tamil nadu. japanese encephalitis as a disease was first reported in 1955 when cases of je occurred in vellore and pondicherry in southern india. the virus was however, not recovered from man until 1958 when three isolations were ... | 2008 | 19552100 |
outbreak of japanese encephalitis in manipur during 1982--some epidemiological features. | | 1984 | 6096442 |
serosurveillance for japanese encephalitis virus infection among equines in india. | the seroprevalence of japanese encephalitis virus (jev) among equines was evaluated from january 2006 to december 2009 in 13 different states of india by hemagglutination inhibition (hi) test and virus neutralization test (vnt). antibodies against jev were detected in 327 out of 3,286 (10%) equines with a maximum prevalence reported in the state of manipur (91.7%) followed by gujarat (18.5%), madhya pradesh (14.4%), and uttar pradesh (11.6%). evidence of jev infection was observed in equines in ... | 2011 | 22122900 |