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1. Infections among Contacts of Patients with Nipah Virus, India

Author

Kumar, C.P. Girish, Sugunan, Attayur P., Yadav, Pragya, Kurup, Karishma Krishna, Aarathee, Renjith, Manickam, Ponnaiah, Bhatnagar, Tarun, Radhakrishnan, Chandni, Thomas, Bina, Kumar, Akhilesh, Jayasree, V., Jose, Beena Philomina, Kumar, K.G. Sajeeth, Thulaseedharan, N.K., Gupta, Nivedita, Rajendran, V.R., Saritha, R.L., Mourya, Devendra T., Gangakhedkar, Raman R., and Murhekar, Manoj V.

Subjects
Bats (Animals), Marburg virus disease, Infection, Medical personnel, Zoonoses, Immunoglobulin G, Swine, Health
Abstract

Nipah virus (NiV) infection is an emerging zoonotic disease that has the potential to cause severe disease in both animals and humans (1). Fruit bats of the Ptempus genus (family [...]

Published
2019
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2. Scrub typhus as a cause of acute encephalitis syndrome, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India

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Mittal, Mahima, Thangaraj, Jeromie Wesley Vivian, Rose, Winsley, Verghese, Valsan Philip, Kumar, C.P. Girish, Mittal, Mahim, Sabarinathan, R., Bondre, Vijay, Gupta, Nivedita, and Murhekar, Manoj V.

Subjects
Scrub typhus -- Development and progression, Immunoglobulin G, Encephalitis -- Development and progression, Health
Abstract

Outbreaks of acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) with high case-fatality rates have been occurring in Gorakhpur Division of Uttar Pradesh, India, since 1978 (1). AES predominantly affects children Investigations conducted during [...]

Published
2017

3. Kyasanur Forest disease, India, 2011-2012

Author

Kasabi, Gudadappa S., Murhekar, Manoj V., Yadav, Pragya D., Raghunandan, R., Kiran, S.K., Sandhya, V.K., Channabasappa, G.H., Mishra, Akhilesh C., Mourya, Devendra Tarachand, and Mehendale, Sanjay M.

Subjects
Tick-borne diseases -- Risk factors -- Distribution -- Diagnosis -- Control, Vaccination -- Usage, Company distribution practices, Health
Abstract

Kyasanur Forest disease (KFD), a tick-borne viral disease, was first recognized in 1957 in Shimoga District, India, when an outbreak in monkeys in Kyasanur Forest was followed by an outbreak [...]

Published
2013
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4. Cutaneous anthrax, West Bengal, India, 2007

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Ray, Tapas K., Hutin, Yvan J., and Murhekar, Manoj V.

Subjects
Anthrax -- Causes of, Anthrax -- Diagnosis, Anthrax -- Research, Meat -- Health aspects
Abstract

To the Editor: In most of India, anthrax is not common, probably because a large proportion of the population is Hindu and does not eat beef. However, sporadic cases and [...]

Published
2009

5. Chikungunya outbreak, South India, 2006

Author

Kaur, Prabhdeep, Ponniah, Manickam, Murhekar, Manoj V., Ramachandran, Vidya, Ramachandran, Ramakrishnan, Raju, Hari Kishan, Perumal, Vanamail, Mishra, Akhilesh C., and Gupte, Mohan D.

Subjects
Disease transmission -- Control, Disease transmission -- Research, Chikungunya fever -- Risk factors, Chikungunya fever -- Diagnosis, Chikungunya fever -- Prevention, Chikungunya fever -- Research, Health education -- Usage
Abstract

We investigated chikungunya outbreaks in South India and observed a high attack rate, particularly among adults and women. Transmission was facilitated by Aedes aegypti mosquitoes in peridomestic water containers, as [...]

Published
2008

6. Persistence of diphtheria, Hyderabad, India, 2003-2006

Author

Bitragunta, Sailaja, Murhekar, Manoj V., Hutin, Yvan J., Penumur, Padmanabha P., and Gupte, Mohan D.

Subjects
DPT vaccine -- Physiological aspects, DPT vaccine -- Health aspects, Diphtheria -- Development and progression, Diphtheria -- Prevention, Diphtheria -- Causes of, Diphtheria -- Diagnosis
Abstract

During 2003-2006, diphtheria rates in Hyderabad, India, were higher among persons 5-19 years of age, women, and Muslims than among other groups. Vaccine was efficacious among those who received [greater [...]

Published
2008

7. Acute encephalitis syndrome and scrub typhus in India

Author

Murhekar, Manoj V.

Subjects
Health
Abstract

To the Editor: I read with interest the article by Khan et al. (7). The National Vector-borne Disease Control Program reported >60,000 cases of acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) in India [...]

Published
2017

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