| confirmation of culex (culex) tritaeniorhynchus summorosus (diptera: culicidae) as a separate species. | culex tritaeniorhynchus, a member of cx. vishnui subgroup, is an important vector of japanese encephalitis (je) virus. cx. tritaeniorhynchus summorosus considered as a variety or subspecies of cx. tritaeniorhynchus, has been studied in detail to settle its taxonomic status. surveys for the collection of cx. tritaeniorhynchus from chandigarh and adjoining areas have established the availability of cx. summorosus from this area. | 2015 | 26418652 |
| investigation of an epidemic of reye's syndrome in northern region of india. | to determine the extent, epidemiological and clinical features of an epidemic of non-inflammatory encephalopathy in northern region of india. | 1999 | 10745330 |
| usefulness of rt-pcr for the diagnosis of japanese encephalitis in clinical samples. | the present study was carried out between july 2003 and december 2005 in pgimer, chandigarh, india and aimed to compare igm capture elisa and nested rt-pcr for the diagnosis of japanese encephalitis (je). the samples collected were cerebrospinal fluid and blood from 40 febrile patients with encephalitis (n=40, group i) and blood samples from febrile patients without encephalitis residing in je endemic areas (n=45, group ii). overall, in csf samples je specific rna was detected in 9/40 (22.5%), w ... | 2008 | 18618334 |
| prevalence of japanese encephalitis and west nile viral infections in pig population in and around chandigarh. | a study on sero prevalence of japanese encephalitis (je) and west nile (wn) viruses in pigs was carried out in and around chandigarh. a total of 158 blood samples collected (june, 1995-march, 1996) from batches of pigs were screened for antibodies against je and wn viral antigens by haemagglutination inhibition and complement fixation tests. in chandigarh out of 13 pigs, 5 had je and one wn hai antibodies. similarly, the sera of 14 and 1 pigs in punjab and 29 and 3 pigs in haryana were positive ... | 1999 | 10810598 |