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Rameswaram, May 10 Over a thousand persons have been affected by malaria, chikun gunya and some other viral and mosquito borne diseases in Ramanathapuram district in the last ten days, public health department sources said.
Malaria had struck in a big way in Pamban, Rameswaram, Keezhakarai and other coastal villages, while hundreds of patients were affected with a mysterious viral fever in the district, Uma Maheswari, Deputy Director of Health said.
In Terkuvadi village near Pamban here, six persons were found to have chikun gunya fever and it would spread to other parts of the district if adequate measures were not taken, said a senior doctor in a private hospital.
Meanwhile, the health department had warned the Ramanathapuram district administration about the spread of brain fever (Japanese encephalitis), caused due to the growth of stray pigs. In a communication sent to the district Collector, the officials said, "if the district administration did not take steps to control the stray pigs immediately, there will be a big menace of brain fever outbreak."
Recent heavy summer rains in the district created pools of stagnant waters at several places, leading to the proliferation of Chikun gunya causing mosquitoes, health department officials said. Meanwhile, Madurai-based Centre for Research in Medical Entomology (CRME) would soon undertake second phase of research on dengue control at Chennai. The USD 60,000 project had been cleared by the World Health Organisation, to whom the report of the first phase of research had been submitted, a CRME official said.
Under this project, Chennai city and suburban areas would be surveyed and a comprehensive plan of control for dengue would be developed, he said.
The study (survey) would focus on ecological, biological and social aspects of dengue under major metro city conditions.
A team of scientists and entomologists belonging to CRME would work from the field station at National Insitute of Epidemiology at Ayapakkam near Ambattur in Chennai. - Agencies
Rameswaram, May 10 Over a thousand persons have been affected by malaria, chikun gunya and some other viral and mosquito borne diseases in Ramanathapuram district in the last ten days, public health department sources said.
Malaria had struck in a big way in Pamban, Rameswaram, Keezhakarai and other coastal villages, while hundreds of patients were affected with a mysterious viral fever in the district, Uma Maheswari, Deputy Director of Health said.
In Terkuvadi village near Pamban here, six persons were found to have chikun gunya fever and it would spread to other parts of the district if adequate measures were not taken, said a senior doctor in a private hospital.
Meanwhile, the health department had warned the Ramanathapuram district administration about the spread of brain fever (Japanese encephalitis), caused due to the growth of stray pigs. In a communication sent to the district Collector, the officials said, "if the district administration did not take steps to control the stray pigs immediately, there will be a big menace of brain fever outbreak."
Recent heavy summer rains in the district created pools of stagnant waters at several places, leading to the proliferation of Chikun gunya causing mosquitoes, health department officials said. Meanwhile, Madurai-based Centre for Research in Medical Entomology (CRME) would soon undertake second phase of research on dengue control at Chennai. The USD 60,000 project had been cleared by the World Health Organisation, to whom the report of the first phase of research had been submitted, a CRME official said.
Under this project, Chennai city and suburban areas would be surveyed and a comprehensive plan of control for dengue would be developed, he said.
The study (survey) would focus on ecological, biological and social aspects of dengue under major metro city conditions.
A team of scientists and entomologists belonging to CRME would work from the field station at National Insitute of Epidemiology at Ayapakkam near Ambattur in Chennai. - Agencies
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