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Authorities person appealed to doctors who study antithetic aspects of chikungunya and besides patients with co-infections similar dengue and swine flu to instrumentality a elaborate past of the patient, cod samples and transport successful acold chains to BJMC and NIV. (Express Archives)
With reports of neurological complications related to chikungunya fever and different manifestations similar hyperpigmentation oregon a chikungunya nose, the authorities has circulated updated guidelines by the National Center for Vector Borne Diseases Control (NCVBDC) for absorption of Chikungunya Fever and has appealed to clinicians to nonstop retired samples for sequencing. The authorities has besides acceptable up a accelerated effect team.
“Like Dengue, determination is nary circumstantial antiviral cause for Chikungunya, hence, due absorption of cases is of utmost importance,” Dr Radhakrishna Pawar, Joint Director, Health, Maharashtra said adding that a precocious level accelerated effect squad has been acceptable up. “We person besides urged clinicians to nonstop samples to NIV and B J Government Medical College (BJMC) for sequencing,” Dr Rajesh Dighe, Assistant aesculapian chief, Pune Municipal Corporation said.
Authorities person appealed to doctors who study antithetic aspects of chikungunya and besides patients with co-infections similar dengue and swine flu to instrumentality a elaborate past of the patient, cod samples and transport successful acold chains to BJMC and NIV.
Pune has witnessed a chikungunya outbreak and immoderate physicians successful the metropolis person adjacent reported mortality owed to neurological complications of radical implicit 65 who person been infected with the mosquito borne viral disease.
Dr Ameet Dravid, infectious diseases consultant, assured that neurological complications are lone 0.1 percent of chikungunya fever. “However , they are rather terrible and request ICU intervention. As such, outgo successful the backstage assemblage is significant,” helium said further making a beardown lawsuit for mosquito prevention and control.
Dr Rajesh Karyakarte, State coordinator of the genome sequencing laboratory astatine B J Government Medical College said they would instrumentality up sequencing studies for Chikyngunya to recognize wherefore the illness has been truthful prevalent successful these past fewer months.
Dr Dighe besides said that the PMC had stepped up fogging activity, and arsenic per their latest report, an wide of 2066 mosquito breeding sites were identified astatine homes, offices, colleges and different places. Lab tested affirmative cases were 266 for dengue and 243 for chikungunya, according to the report. Of these a bulk of the cases person occurred successful August- September. There were a full of 157 confirmed cases of chikungunya and 140 of dengue fever successful September.
According to the confirmed cases of chikungunya from January till September this year, wards with the maximum cases were Yerwada- Kalas Dhanori (68), Nagar Road-Wadgaon Sheri (39) and Ghole-Road Shivajinagar (31) followed by 21 cases from Kasba-Vishrambaug Wada. There were 19 cases from Dholepatil ward,16 from Aundh-Baner and 15 from Bhawani Peth.
Of the 266 laboratory confirmed cases of dengue, the maximum cases according to the study were from Ghole-Road- Shivajinagar (71) Kasba-Vishrambaug Wada (57), Yerwada-Kalas Dhanori (47) and Aundh-Baner(21). There were 14 each from Wanawadi- Ramtekdi ward and Bhawani Peth wards.
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