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 …
Efforts have been made by the Health Department in Bathinda this year to counter and prevent dengue with its door-to-door awareness campaign and by multiplying the ‘gambusia’ fish that eats up the larva of dengue and other vector-borne mosquitoes. However, staff shortage has affected the work of the department. More …
Zika virus is a member of the flavivirus genus that had not been associated with severe disease in humans until the recent outbreaks, when it was linked to microcephaly in newborns in Brazil and to Guillain-Barré syndrome in adults in French Polynesia.
Zika virus (ZIKV) was discovered in 1947 and was thought to lead to relatively mild disease. The recent explosive outbreak of ZIKV in South America has led to widespread concern, with reports of neurological sequelae ranging from Guillain Barré syndrome to microcephaly. ZIKV infection has occurred in areas previously exposed …
Pune: The Union health ministry has made dengue a notifiable disease in the country. Private practitioners and hospitals across the country will now have to report every case of the mosquito-borne infection to the local public health machinery so that prevention and containment measures can be initiated immediately to check …
Gurgaon: The city reported its first four cases of dengue this season on Tuesday, when blood samples sent by the district health authorities to an accredited laboratory tested positive. The four dengue cases have been recorded from Wazirabad in Sector 56, Jharsa in Sector 15 and Jyoti Park in old …
At any given point in time, the area has 40 proven cases. Even as mosquito control measures are on across the district to prevent the spread of dengue and malaria, the dengue situation has touched epidemic proportions at Puthupady, a rural area, State Epidemiologist A. Sukumaran told The Hindu on …
According to UT health officials, notices are being sent to the city hospitals and all private diagnostic laboratories in this regard. Dengue cases found positive through rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) will not be considered as a confirmed case, a Health Ministry notification said on Monday. This type of testing, which …
Number of dengue cases double since April Mosquitoes breed in a pool of stagnant water behind the referral hospital on H Siddaiah Road. With the onset of monsoon and dip in mercury levels, the number of mosquito-borne diseases, particularly dengue cases, has gone up in Bengaluru. Residents of Defence Colony …
Mangaluru: Dengue cases have crippled villages in Sullia, Puttur and Bantwal taluks in Dakshina Kannada district. The district has recorded 225 cases of dengue in 2016 with 92 cases in June alone. While 200 cases of dengue were reported in government hospitals, 25 are from private hospitals. While a total …
The flaviviruses dengue virus (DENV) and Zika virus (ZIKV) are severe health threats with rapidly expanding ranges. To identify the host cell dependencies of DENV and ZIKV, we completed orthologous functional genomic screens using RNAi and CRISPR/ Cas9 approaches. The screens recovered the ZIKV entry factor AXL as well as …
MARGAO: A survey was recently conducted by the Curtorim primary health centre (PHC) under the supervision and guidance of the directorate of health services (DHS), national vector borne disease control programme (NVBDCP) chief medical officer, Dr Chandrakant Parab. "This survey revealed that there are a lot of mosquito breeding sites …
Even as Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) officials bask in the glory of retaining Swachh Bharat ranking, spiralling mosquito population is sure to bite them hard, especially with an alarming rise in dengue cases in the recent past. It was evident with the statistics provided by the Health Officer (Chamaraja Assembly …
Japanese Encephalitis has taken a serious turn at Lahorighat and Bhurbandha blocks of Morigaon district, claiming six lives and affecting more than 200 people of several villages so far. According to Dr Biplab Kumar Gohain, Joint Director of Health, Morigaon, four death cases due to Japanese Encephalitis and dengue were …
Coimbatore: With the southwest monsoon fast approaching, the corporation is stepping up its dengue control measures. Health officials said that they visited the ward number 47 in Ganapathy area and created awareness on dengue larvae. Corporation officials told residents to ensure old tyres, broken containers and broken items were removed …
Mysuru may have been adjudged as the “cleanest city” in the country as per Government of India’s Swachch Bharat ranking. But, the state’s Health Department is sceptical. For, Mysuru, ironically, also has the worst record of dengue cases in the state. “Mysuru district has reported the highest number of dengue …
Mangaluru: The department of health and family welfare is taking additional measures to prevent the spread of vector-borne diseases in the state. Minister for health and family welfare U T Khader told reporters here on Monday that three mobile medical vans each will be introduced in all districts across the …
Belagavi: With the commencement of monsoon, there is a spurt in dengue cases in the district. In a span of just one week as many as 13 suspected cases of dengue have been reported . District health officer Dr Appasab Naratti, said the incidents of people experiencing dengue symptoms have …
Gurgaon: The district health authorities on Monday made it mandatory for all private hospitals to charge only Rs 600 for a dengue test. In addition, private hospitals are allowed to carry out only one dengue test, the early detection 'NS1 rapid antigen test', a positive result in which would mandatorily …
VASCO: A sudden rise in cases of dengue in Vasco has become a cause for concern for the people living in the areas of Baina which has emerged as a new hotspot for dengue cases. According to information, one Zainab Syed, aged 10 years, and her aunt Shaista Parveen Shaikh, …
Itanagar : There has been a sharp rise in the number of dengue cases in Arunachal Pradesh since the disease was detected first in 2012. In 2015, a total of 1996 dengue cases were detected while the number of dengue cases in the previous year (2014) was only 27, informed …
