India - 700 new chikungunya cases per day - 1 district

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http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IEK20060409023702&Page=K&Title=Southern+News+%2D+Karnataka&Topic=0&




<CENTER><TABLE cellSpacing=20 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD width="100%"><SMALL>Chikungunya cases rising in 440 villages</SMALL>

Sunday April 9 2006 12:58 IST <SMALL>GULBARGA: The viral epidemic Chikungunya is still spreading alarmingly with about 40 per cent of the district including Gulbarga city reeling under it.

As per the official records out of 1300 villages about 440 have been affected by the disease making thousands of people immobile due to severe infection in joints.

On an average 700 new cases of Chikungunya are being reported every day, according to deputy commissioner Anjum Perwez. Till March end about 19,000 cases of have been reported in the district.

This does not include a large number of people who take treatment at private doctors.

The deputy commissioner claimed that there was a decline in the occurrence of the disease due to fogging in villages.

Fogging could not be taken in all the affected villages due to shortage of fogging machines and disposable LPG cylinders.

Out of 440 villages affected fogging has been taken up partially in 164 villages. The epidemic is rampant in Shahapur, Chittapur, Sedam taluks and is fast spreading in Chincholi taluk. At present 36 fogging machines are available and 10 more are being procured.

The deputy commissioner has denied that any death has taken place due to Chikungunya.

It is apparent that the health department has failed to arrest the fast spreading of the epidemic.

The administration is busy only in purchasing fogging machines and holding meetings.

Fogging is hardly done in the right earnest anywhere. In Gulbarga authorities claim to have done the fogging in 47 wards. But it has remained visible only in the records of the city municipal corporation.</SMALL>


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Bangalore - Chikungunya scare prevails, but no fresh cases reported

Bangalore - Chikungunya scare prevails, but no fresh cases reported

(The numbers are different in this article, but my chart is using the higher WHO numbers. Also see the "medicines" in the last paragraph - they claim antibiotics are helpful.)

http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IE120060409004015&Page=1&Title=Bangalore&Topic=%2D162&

Sunday April 9 2006 11:01 IST
<SMALL>BANGALORE: Health authorities in the city on Friday heaved a sigh of relief as no case of mosquito-borne chikungunya disease was reported from any part of Bangalore Mahanagara Palike.

However, about 15 persons suspected to be suffering from the viral infection are recovering at the Epidemic Diseases Hospital and K C General Hospital.

The disease, which has already affected at least 36,000 people in nine northern districts of Karnataka, created panic waves across the city on Thursday when some suspected cases were reported from a Sanjay Nagar slum.

They had symptoms like high fever, severe pain in the joints and in some cases red eyes. The blood samples taken from them were sent to National Institute of Virology in Pune.

The Health and Family Welfare Department has already declared an alert in view of a possible outbreak of the disease in the city.

Appealing to the public not to panic, Health and Family Welfare Director Dr M G Prasad described it as not fatal.

?All admitted patients in hospitals are being provided with mosquito nets and treated with anti-inflammatory drugs and analgesics. We have enough antibiotics to treat those with secondary infections. No need to panic, as it is not contagious or fatal,? he said.

There is no specific drug to treat those infected. Doctors are only treating patients for symptoms of pain and fever.

According to the Health Department, the disease wasearlier found in Bidar, Raichur and Gulbarga districts.

The disease is a recently identified viral attack caused by a mosquito species- Adges Egypati.

The disease was first noticed in 1963, and after 43 years it is being found again. These mosquitoes are day biters, and breed in fresh water.

Health officials said that the chances of these mosquitoes breeding in water body are more. They can breed even in water stored inside a coconut shell or a used tyre. The mosquitoes also thrive in water stored in different utensils and equipment. They are more active in villages than cities.

Normally, a person is affected with fever within seven days of the mosquito bite. The symptoms are high fever, severe body and head aches, joint pain and conjunctivitis.

The disease can be tackled with common antibiotics like Crocin, Brufen and Nice. It is a ?self limiting disease?, which lasts for a week, unlike the common cold or fever.</SMALL>
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Re: India - 700 new cases per day - 1 district

Re: India - 700 new cases per day - 1 district

The reports of the explosivity of Chikungunya continue to roll in.

India's represents the powderkeg. These case reports represent the lit fuse. In my opinion it is only a matter of time, days or weeks, before the powderkeg explodes.

If you aren't concerned then this would be cause for major concern.

In my assessment in the next 2 years Chikungunya will race around the world and infect billions.

As will H5N1.

 

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Re: India - 700 new chikungunya cases per day - 1 district

http://www.citypopulation.de/India-Karnataka.html

<TABLE class=data cellSpacing=1><TBODY><TR><TD class=t>Gulbarga</TD><TD class=n>has a population of 427,929.</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

As reported:

"The viral epidemic Chikungunya is still spreading alarmingly with about 40 per cent of the district including Gulbarga city reeling under it."

That would mean 171,171 are suffering in just Gulbarga.