Chikungunya outbreak in Garo Hills, Meghalaya: An epidemiological perspective.

ABSTRACT:

Background & objectives

Chikungunya (CHIK) fever is a mosquito-borne disease caused by chikungunya virus (CHIKV). Chikungunya infection was first reported from India in 1963 from Kolkata. We report the serological and molecular evidence of an outbreak of chikungunya in northeast India that occurred in Tura, a hilly and forested terrain in Garo Hills district of Meghalaya.

Methods

Blood samples (3 ml) collected from hospitalized patients during the outbreak were tested for IgM antibodies against CHIKV and followed up four months later. A repeat survey was carried out in the same area after four months from where cases had been reported. Blood samples were also collected from people with history of fever and body ache in the last four months. Persons showing IgM positivity aga

SUBMITTER: Khan SA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4510757 | biostudies-literature | 2015 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature