| appearance of e1: a226v mutant chikungunya virus in coastal karnataka, india during 2008 outbreak. | chikungunya has resurged in the form of unprecedented explosive epidemic in 2006 after a long gap in india affecting 1.39 million of persons. the disease continued for the next two consecutive years affecting 59,535 and 64,548 persons during 2007 and 2008 respectively. the 2008 outbreak being the second largest among these three years the information regarding the etiology and the mutations involved are useful for further control measures. among the 2008 outbreaks the coastal karnataka accounts ... | 2009 | 19857273 |
| comparative efficacy of two poeciliid fish in indoor cement tanks against chikungunya vector aedes aegypti in villages in karnataka, india. | abstract: background: in 2006, severe outbreaks of aedes aegypti-transmitted chikungunya occurred in villages in karnataka, south india. we evaluated the effectiveness of combined information, education and communication (iec) campaigns using two potential poeciliid larvivorous fish guppy (poecilia reticulata) and mosquitofish (gambusia affinis), in indoor cement tanks for aedes larval control. methods: trials were conducted in two villages (domatmari and srinivaspura) in tumkur district from ma ... | 2011 | 21798018 |
| outbreak of chikungunya fever, dakshina kannada district, south india, 2008. | the outbreak of chikungunya fever that surfaced in india during late 2005 has affected more than 1.56 million people, spread to more than 17 states/union territories, and is still ongoing. many of these areas are dengue- and leptospirosis-endemic settings. we carried out a cross-sectional survey in one such chikungunya-affected location in dakshina kannada district of karnataka state to estimate the magnitude of the epidemic and the proportion of chikungunya virus (chikv) infections that remaine ... | 2010 | 20889860 |
| burden of chikungunya in india: estimates of disability adjusted life years (daly) lost in 2006 epidemic. | during 2006, chikungunya emerged as a major ever known epidemic in india. disability adjusted life years (daly) is an appropriate summary measure of population health to express epidemiological burden of diseases. we estimated the burden due to suspected chikungunya using dalys for the first time and compared between the states and also with the burden due to other vector-borne diseases in india. the economic burden was also assessed in terms of productivity loss. | 2009 | 19326705 |