A Study of Etiological Pattern in an Epidemic of Acute Febrile Illness during Monsoon in a Tertiary Health Care Institute of Uttarakhand, India
Background: Many parts of India are endemic for the dengue, malaria, typhoid and scrub typhus infections. The relative contribution of these illnesses in an outbreak of acute febrile illness is not known in this region. Objective: The present study was conducted to find out the etiological patt...
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| description | Background: Many parts of India are endemic for the dengue,
malaria, typhoid and scrub typhus infections. The relative
contribution of these illnesses in an outbreak of acute febrile
illness is not known in this region.
Objective: The present study was conducted to find out the
etiological pattern in an epidemic of acute febrile illness in
Uttarakhand during the monsoon period. The study also focuses
on concurrent infections and tries to find out the mortality
outcomes.
Materials and Methods: A retrospective study of four months
was conducted on 1141 patients who presented with fever, and
were suspected to have dengue, malaria, typhoid or scrub typhus.
Patients of 12-years of age or above were included in the study.
Serological tests for dengue, malaria, typhoid and scrub typhus
were performed. Slides for malaria parasite were examined. In
case of enteric fever only culture positive cases were included
in the study.
Result: Among the 1141 febrile patients dengue was detected in
812(71.2 %), malaria in 146(12.8%), typhoid in 92(8.1%) and scrub
typhus in 69(6.0%) cases. Mixed infection was noted in 22(1.9%).
Conclusion: Maximum (71.2 %) cases of fever were caused by
dengue but significant number (32.3%) of patients suffered from
malaria typhoid and scrub typhus. Many (1.9%) suffered from
concurrent and multiple infections. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-07ff23b3d57641648c7cc6fd74c9a3e32022-12-22T01:19:07ZengJCDR Research and Publications Private LimitedJournal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research2249-782X0973-709X2014-06-0186MC01MC0310.7860/JCDR/2014/8965.4435A Study of Etiological Pattern in an Epidemic of Acute Febrile Illness during Monsoon in a Tertiary Health Care Institute of Uttarakhand, IndiaRagini Singh0S P Singh1Niaz Ahmad2Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, SGRR Institute of Medical & Health Sciences, Patel Nagar, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India.Professor, Department of Medicine, SGRR Institute of Medical & Health Sciences, Patel Nagar, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India.Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, SGRR Institute of Medical & Health Sciences, Patel Nagar, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India.Background: Many parts of India are endemic for the dengue, malaria, typhoid and scrub typhus infections. The relative contribution of these illnesses in an outbreak of acute febrile illness is not known in this region. Objective: The present study was conducted to find out the etiological pattern in an epidemic of acute febrile illness in Uttarakhand during the monsoon period. The study also focuses on concurrent infections and tries to find out the mortality outcomes. Materials and Methods: A retrospective study of four months was conducted on 1141 patients who presented with fever, and were suspected to have dengue, malaria, typhoid or scrub typhus. Patients of 12-years of age or above were included in the study. Serological tests for dengue, malaria, typhoid and scrub typhus were performed. Slides for malaria parasite were examined. In case of enteric fever only culture positive cases were included in the study. Result: Among the 1141 febrile patients dengue was detected in 812(71.2 %), malaria in 146(12.8%), typhoid in 92(8.1%) and scrub typhus in 69(6.0%) cases. Mixed infection was noted in 22(1.9%). Conclusion: Maximum (71.2 %) cases of fever were caused by dengue but significant number (32.3%) of patients suffered from malaria typhoid and scrub typhus. Many (1.9%) suffered from concurrent and multiple infections.https://jcdr.net/articles/PDF/4435/8965_CE[Ra1]_F(DK)_PF1(PAK)_PFA(AK)_PF2(AGAK)_PF2(PN).pdfdengueepidemicmalariascrub typhus typhoid |
| spellingShingle | Ragini Singh S P Singh Niaz Ahmad A Study of Etiological Pattern in an Epidemic of Acute Febrile Illness during Monsoon in a Tertiary Health Care Institute of Uttarakhand, India Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research dengue epidemic malaria scrub typhus typhoid |
| title | A Study of Etiological Pattern in an Epidemic of Acute Febrile Illness during Monsoon in a Tertiary Health Care Institute of Uttarakhand, India |
| title_full | A Study of Etiological Pattern in an Epidemic of Acute Febrile Illness during Monsoon in a Tertiary Health Care Institute of Uttarakhand, India |
| title_fullStr | A Study of Etiological Pattern in an Epidemic of Acute Febrile Illness during Monsoon in a Tertiary Health Care Institute of Uttarakhand, India |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Study of Etiological Pattern in an Epidemic of Acute Febrile Illness during Monsoon in a Tertiary Health Care Institute of Uttarakhand, India |
| title_short | A Study of Etiological Pattern in an Epidemic of Acute Febrile Illness during Monsoon in a Tertiary Health Care Institute of Uttarakhand, India |
| title_sort | study of etiological pattern in an epidemic of acute febrile illness during monsoon in a tertiary health care institute of uttarakhand india |
| topic | dengue epidemic malaria scrub typhus typhoid |
| url | https://jcdr.net/articles/PDF/4435/8965_CE[Ra1]_F(DK)_PF1(PAK)_PFA(AK)_PF2(AGAK)_PF2(PN).pdf |
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