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Indian J Med Res. 2019 Apr;149(4):447-467. doi: 10.4103/ijmr.IJMR_1239_18.
Emerging/re-emerging viral diseases & new viruses on the Indian horizon.
Mourya DT1, Yadav PD2, Ullas PT2, Bhardwaj SD3, Sahay RR2, Chadha MS3, Shete AM2, Jadhav S2, Gupta N4, Gangakhedkar RR4, Khasnobis P5, Singh SK5.
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1 ICMR-National Institute of Virology, Pune, India. 2 Maximum Containment Laboratory, Pune, India. 3 Influenza Department, Pune, India. 4 Division of Epidemiology and Communicable Diseases, Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi, India. 5 National Center for Disease Control, New Delhi, India.
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Infectious diseases remain as the major causes of human and animal morbidity and mortality leading to significant healthcare expenditure in India. The country has experienced the outbreaks and epidemics of many infectious diseases. However, enormous successes have been obtained against the control of major epidemic diseases, such as malaria, plague, leprosy and cholera, in the past. The country's vast terrains of extreme geo-climatic differences and uneven population distribution present unique patterns of distribution of viral diseases. Dynamic interplays of biological, socio-cultural and ecological factors, together with novel aspects of human-animal interphase, pose additional challenges with respect to the emergence of infectious diseases. The important challenges faced in the control and prevention of emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases range from understanding the impact of factors that are necessary for the emergence, to development of strengthened surveillance systems that can mitigate human suffering and death. In this article, the major emerging and re-emerging viral infections of public health importance have been reviewed that have already been included in the Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme.
KEYWORDS:
Avian influenza; CCHF; India; Nipah virus; emerging; re-emerging; respiratory viral infections; rotavirus; viral diseases
PMID: 31411169 PMCID: PMC6676836 DOI: 10.4103/ijmr.IJMR_1239_18
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Emerging/re-emerging viral diseases & new viruses on the Indian horizon.
Mourya DT1, Yadav PD2, Ullas PT2, Bhardwaj SD3, Sahay RR2, Chadha MS3, Shete AM2, Jadhav S2, Gupta N4, Gangakhedkar RR4, Khasnobis P5, Singh SK5.
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1 ICMR-National Institute of Virology, Pune, India. 2 Maximum Containment Laboratory, Pune, India. 3 Influenza Department, Pune, India. 4 Division of Epidemiology and Communicable Diseases, Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi, India. 5 National Center for Disease Control, New Delhi, India.
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Abstract
Infectious diseases remain as the major causes of human and animal morbidity and mortality leading to significant healthcare expenditure in India. The country has experienced the outbreaks and epidemics of many infectious diseases. However, enormous successes have been obtained against the control of major epidemic diseases, such as malaria, plague, leprosy and cholera, in the past. The country's vast terrains of extreme geo-climatic differences and uneven population distribution present unique patterns of distribution of viral diseases. Dynamic interplays of biological, socio-cultural and ecological factors, together with novel aspects of human-animal interphase, pose additional challenges with respect to the emergence of infectious diseases. The important challenges faced in the control and prevention of emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases range from understanding the impact of factors that are necessary for the emergence, to development of strengthened surveillance systems that can mitigate human suffering and death. In this article, the major emerging and re-emerging viral infections of public health importance have been reviewed that have already been included in the Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme.
KEYWORDS:
Avian influenza; CCHF; India; Nipah virus; emerging; re-emerging; respiratory viral infections; rotavirus; viral diseases
PMID: 31411169 PMCID: PMC6676836 DOI: 10.4103/ijmr.IJMR_1239_18
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