Dengue Outbreak in a Hilly State of Arunachal Pradesh in Northeast India

Dengue has been reported from plains as well as hilly regions of India including some parts of Northeast India. In July-August 2012, outbreak of fever with unknown origin (FUO) indicative of Dengue was reported in Pasighat, East Siang district of Arunachal Pradesh (AP) state. Serum samples (n = 164)...

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Published inTheScientificWorld Vol. 2014; no. 2014; pp. 1 - 6
Main Authors Mahanta, Jagadish, Soni, Monika, Topno, Rashmee, Dutta, Prafulla, Khan, Siraj A.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Cairo, Egypt Hindawi Publishing Corporation 01.01.2014
Hindawi Limited
Wiley
Subjects
Animals
Antigens
Culicidae
Dengue
Dengue - diagnosis
Dengue - epidemiology
Dengue fever
Dengue Virus - classification
Disease Outbreaks
Environment
Epidemics
Geography, Medical
Headaches
Humans
India
India - epidemiology
Infections
Insect Vectors
Medical research
Molecular Typing
Mosquitoes
Patients
Public health
Research centers
Sentinel Surveillance
Serology
Serotyping
Statistics
Surveillance
Tropical diseases
Viral infections
India
United States > US
India, Arunachal Pradesh
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Summary:Dengue has been reported from plains as well as hilly regions of India including some parts of Northeast India. In July-August 2012, outbreak of fever with unknown origin (FUO) indicative of Dengue was reported in Pasighat, East Siang district of Arunachal Pradesh (AP) state. Serum samples (n = 164) collected from patients from Health Training and Research Centre General Hospital, Pasighat, were tested for NS1 antigen and IgM antibodies. NS1-positive samples were analyzed by RT-PCR assay and entomological surveys were carried out. The majority of suspected cases reported NS1 antigen positivity. Females and young adults were mostly affected. The majority of the amplified NS1-positive samples showed Dengue serotype 3 infection. Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus, known as semiurban breeding mosquitoes, was the only potential vector species identified from the affected areas of Pasighat which single handedly contributed to the outbreak. Thus, the present work identifies Dengue as an emerging arboviral infection in hilly state of AP along with a looming risk of its spread to neighbouring areas.
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Academic Editors: K. Ikuta and A. Manzin
ISSN:2356-6140
1537-744X
1537-744X
DOI:10.1155/2014/584093