Assam: 2010 dengue cases

[Shiloh]

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10 dengue cases in Assam
2010-09-15 17:00:00

At least ten people were down with dengue in Assam with health authorities fearing an outbreak of the mosquito-borne disease in the region, officials Wednesday said.

An Assam health department spokesperson said ten people were admitted in various hospitals in Guwahati - all of them confirmed with dengue cases...

 

[Shiloh]

Re: Assam: 2010 dengue cases

Source: http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=sep2510/at095

All types of dengue virus present in NE
Ajit Patowary

GUWAHATI, Sept 24 - Dengue viruses are not new to Assam or to other NorthEastern states. All the dengue virus serotypes were introduced to the region about one decade back, maintain sources in the Dibrugarh-based Regional Medical Research Centre (RMRC) of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).

The 1993, 1996, 1999, 2004 and 2006 RMRC entomological studies clearly speak of the presence of dengue vectors, namely-- Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus in all the NE states irrespective of their demography.

All the four dengue virus serotypes (DEN 1, 2, 3 and 4) are active in the NE region. RMRC documented serological evidence of dengue virus serotypes 2 and 4 in Assam and Nagaland in 1993.

Dengue-related death was reported from Manipur and Nagaland respectively in 2007 and 2009. But, Assam is yet to report any dengue-related death...

 

[Ronan Kelly]

Re: Assam: 2010 dengue cases

Second dengue victim in Assam

STAFF WRITER 20:43 HRS IST
Guwahati, Oct 18 (PTI) Dengue claimed its second victim in Assam today, official sources said.

Sanjib Bordoloi, who was brought in a serious condition to a private nursing home in Dibrugarh, died at 3 pm, sources said.
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http://ptinews.com/news/1044144_Second-dengue-victim-in-Assam

 

[Ronan Kelly]

Re: Assam: 2010 dengue cases

Dengue detected
OUR CORRESPONDENT
Silchar, Nov. 12: The first case of dengue viral fever was detected in the town this week, leading the Silchar Municipal Board to sound an immediate alert.

The municipal board accelerated the process of clearing stagnant pools of water in the town in a bid to curb further spread of the disease.

Nirupam Acharya, 48, a senior marketing manager with Wockhardt, a health care and pharmaceutical firm in the country, was flown out in an Air India flight to Calcutta for being treated in a hospital in south Calcutta

His wife and two other family members accompanied him.

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