| entomological investigations during outbreaks of dengue fever in certain villages in maharashtra state. | outbreaks of dengue (den) fever are reported from 22 villages in five districts in the state of maharashtra. den viral antigen was detected by indirect immunofluorescence test in 34 of 375 female aedes aegypti mosquitoes collected from 8 villages. den types 2 and 3 were identified among the 16 strains that were isolated. none of the 64 male mosquitoes showed the presence of viral antigen; 281 males and 323 females reared from field collected larvae were also found negative. indoor spraying of dd ... | 1991 | 1937596 |
| outbreak of dengue fever in rural areas of parbhani district of maharashtra (india). | outbreak of dengue fever in chikalthana, pimpalgaon and waloor villages in parbhani district of maharashtra (india) were investigated. clinically, the illness was typical of dengue fever except for the absence of maculopapular rash. a total of 42 acute, 14 late acute, 73 convalescent and 19 sera from contacts were collected. of the 15 virus isolates, 12 were identified as dengue virus type 2 and 1 as dengue virus type 1. serological tests confirmed the etiological role of dengue virus in the out ... | 1991 | 2022403 |
| etiology of the 1965 epidemic of febrile illness in nagpur city, maharashtra state, india. | an investigation of an extensive outbreak of febrile illness during the months of april, may, and june 1965, in the city of nagpur, maharashtra state, showed that the main etiological agent was chikungunya virus. dengue type 4 and chandipura viruses were also active during this period. in all, 26 strains of virus were isolated from 60 acute phase human sera, and of these strains, 23 were identified as chikungunya virus, 2 as chandipura, and 1 as dengue type 4. five strains of chikungunya virus a ... | 1972 | 4537481 |
| isolation of chikungunya virus from aedes aegypti mosquitoes collected in the town of yawat, pune district, maharashtra state, india. | chikungunya (chik) virus is prevalent throughout southeast asia and africa. it has caused numerous large outbreaks in india. no active or passive surveillance has been carried out since the last epidemic occurring in 1971. during a recent outbreak of dengue (den)-like illness in eastern india, aedes aegypti mosquitoes collected from the affected area were positive for chik virus. evidence of dual infection with chik and den typel virus was also obtained. a widely circulating low-virulent chik vi ... | 2001 | 12083330 |
| susceptibility of immature stages of aedes (stegomyia) aegypti; vector of dengue and chikungunya to insecticides from india. | susceptibility of aedes aegypti to some insecticides in different geographic areas was conducted during dengue and chikungunya outbreak. at present, the only method of preventing dengue and chikungunya is to control the vector, which is the weakest link in vector-borne diseases. in our study, the susceptibility of a. aegypti collected from urban areas of delhi, mumbai, jodhpur, chennai and coimbatore was evaluated against temephos, fenthion, malathion and ddt. the a. aegypti from different locat ... | 2008 | 18172687 |
| investigation of an outbreak of chikungunya in malegaon municipal areas of nasik district, maharashtra (india) and its control. | an outbreak of chikungunya fever occurred in malegaon town of nasik district of maharashtra state, india during february and march 2006. a total of 4530 fever cases were reported during this period including 1781 cases which were admitted in different hospitals of the town. an entomological and epidemiological investigation was carried out in the affected villages during the outbreak to study the possible causes of the outbreak and to isolate the virus responsible. | 2008 | 18592845 |
| spread, establishment & prevalence of dengue vector aedes aegypti (l.) in konkan region, maharashtra, india. | aedes aegypti (l.) (diptera: culicidae) was surveyed in the residential biotopes of sindhudurg, ratnagiri and raigadh districts, maharashtra state during dry (january-may & november- december) and wet (june-october) months in 2002 to update information on its distribution, to analyse post invasion establishment, and to study its prevalence. | 2008 | 18765879 |