PASIGHAT: The Pasighat district health department is going all out to control mosquito-transmitted diseases like malaria, dengue and recently detected Japanese Encephalitis (JE) in the district. Headed by the DMO Dr Kaling Dai, a team of doctors and officials in carrying outsource reduction activities followed by awareness programme, fogging and …
Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij has directed all district hospitals to set up machines to conduct dengue test and blood component separators by May 31, so as to provide right treatment to patients suffering from dengue, chikungunya and vector-borne diseases. Vij said no private hospital would be allowed to declare …
The state health department has instructed hospitals to treat patients coming with fever-like symptoms at the earliest The early emergence of dengue and chikungunya in Delhi has put the authorities on high alert. Civic bodies and the health department have shifted into preventive mode to avoid another major outbreak. The …
The city has been witnessing an unusual presence of the Aedes mosquitoes and the diseases transmitted by them even though the vectors are usually associated with rainy season. March and April are considered dry months. Scientists said this crisis is man-made and caused primarily due to large-scale construction activity and …
South Asia despite decreasing rates of infectious disease, accounts for a significant proportion of their global burden. The sub-continent is also in the midst of rapid economic growth; large scale changes in land use, access to water and sanitation, and agricultural production; environmental degradation; and technological transformation, all against a …
आने वाले समय में डेंगू की जांच के बाद परिणाम के लिए लोगों को घंटों इंतजार नहीं करना पड़ेगा। आइआइटी, दिल्ली में तैयार की जा रही सेंसर आधारित सिल्वर नैनो वायर किट से जांच का परिणाम महज 30 सेकंड में मिल जाएगा। आइआइटी, दिल्ली के बायोकेमिकल विभाग के प्रोफेसर प्रशांत …
Dengue menace has prompted the state higher education department to issue a circular and request institutions to adequate precaution. In the circular it mentions that Dengue which is a vector borne disease has the potential of large scale outbreak and its risk increases due to various climatic conditions & diverse …
It is only February and monsoon is far away. But the Kolkata Municipal Corporation health department top brass have no respite. Besides undertaking regular drives against city's mosquito infested areas, the civic health officials have started roping in specialists in dengue prevention. As part of a comprehensive dengue prevention plan …
Kottayam: Dengue scare has gripped the district again. But this time, the mosquito-borne viral disease has arrived earlier, when compared to previous years. Panachikkad region is the most-affected and four more suspected cases were reported by health workers on Thursday. District medical officer Jacob Varghese said that the department have …
In a move to keep healthcare professionals fit to handle A(H1N1) influenza cases, emergency medical technicians attached to GVK EMRI-108 ambulances are being vaccinated. P. G. Bhanumathi, Deputy Director of Health Services, said on Wednesday that adequate doses of A (H1N1) influenza vaccine have been given to GVK EMRI team …
The ninth G-FINDER survey reports on 2015 global investment into research and development (R&D;) of new products for neglected diseases, and identifies trends and patterns across the nine years of global G-FINDER data. In all, 185 organisations completed the survey for FY2015, which covered: 39 neglected diseases; 160 product areas …
MUMBAI: American scientists have made a research breakthrough in their study on dengue, a viral disease that wreaked havoc across India in the last two years, that could help treatment of the disease at a future date. Dengue emerged as one of the biggest public health problems of India in …
Ahmedabad: City-dwellers have no respite from the bite of Aedes aegypti as the cases of vector-borne infections, especially chikungunya and dengue, are on the rise. According to the weekly health report released by the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC), around 161 cases of vector-borne infections were reported in the city this …
Japanese encephalitis (JE) virus (JEV) causes severe epidemic encephalitis across Asia, for which the live attenuated vaccine SA14-14-2 is being used increasingly. JEV is a flavivirus, and is closely related to dengue virus (DENV), which is co-endemic in many parts of Asia, with clinically relevant interactions. There is no information …
Cases of dengue breached the 1-lakh mark in India in 2016. The figure, 1,11,880 to be precise, was the highest in the last seven years and indicated at the country-wide prevalence of the infectious disease. West Bengal topped the list at 17,702 cases followed by Punjab (10475 cases). Officials in …
AHMEDABAD: Vector-borne infections continue to rise in the city, with 75 fresh cases reported till Saturday. Of these, there is a significant spike in the number of cases of chikungunya and dengue. There were 28 cases of chikungunya and 9 cases of dengue reported at civic body-run hospitals alone. This …
In a first, researchers have genetically engineered mosquitoes that have an increased resistance to infection by the dengue virus. After decades of research and countless control attempts, dengue continues to infect an estimated 390 million people around the world each year. Now, researchers report that mosquitoes carrying dengue virus (DENV) …
We have developed genetically modified Ae. aegypti mosquitoes that activate the conserved antiviral JAK/STAT pathway in the fat body tissue, by overexpressing either the receptor Dome or the Janus kinase Hop by the blood feeding-induced vitellogenin (Vg) promoter. Transgene expression inhibits infection with several dengue virus (DENV) serotypes in the …
Even after three months of efforts, mosquitoes are everywhere in the state and biting the people as usual. VIJAYAWADA: The state government's programme to end mosquito menace “Domalapai Dandayatra” (War on Mosquitoes) has failed to give results. Even after three months of its efforts, mosquitoes are everywhere in the state …
COIMBATORE: A one-year-old baby from Tirupur died of dengue at the Coimbatore Medical College Hospital on Sunday morning. The child's health reports confirmed the cause of her death on Sunday night. There are four more dengue cases being treated at the government hospital. One-year-old Keerthana Murthy, residing in Thanikaiyur near …
PUNE: The winter chill may have brought down the number of dengue infections in the city but the virus continues to wreak havoc among those infected. On Monday , hospitals within the municipal limits of Pune city confirmed two deaths due to dengue-fever induced complications. With this, the number of …
