Ronan Kelly
Retired 2020
Paediatricians report rickettsial infection cases
Anuradha Mascarenhas : Sun Sep 09 2012, 04:04 hrs
Rickettsial infection, a disease hardly detected and under-reported owing to factors like lack of adequate equipment at most labs besides lower prevalence, is being reported by paediatricians in the city treating cases coming in from the outskirts like Panshet and even as far as Daund and Baramati. The Pune district health officers have ruled out any epidemic.
At KEM hospital, in the past month, consulting physician Dr Rajesh Gadia said he treated as many as 50 cases, most of them from the outskirts like Daund and Baramati. “There are five patients admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and they are critical,” Gadia told Newsline.
Ticks, fleas and lice are the vectors of the disease. Rickettsial infections are re-emerging throughout the world and have been reported from several districts of states like Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.
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http://www.indianexpress.com/news/paediatricians-report-rickettsial-infection-cases/1000040/
Anuradha Mascarenhas : Sun Sep 09 2012, 04:04 hrs
Rickettsial infection, a disease hardly detected and under-reported owing to factors like lack of adequate equipment at most labs besides lower prevalence, is being reported by paediatricians in the city treating cases coming in from the outskirts like Panshet and even as far as Daund and Baramati. The Pune district health officers have ruled out any epidemic.
At KEM hospital, in the past month, consulting physician Dr Rajesh Gadia said he treated as many as 50 cases, most of them from the outskirts like Daund and Baramati. “There are five patients admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and they are critical,” Gadia told Newsline.
Ticks, fleas and lice are the vectors of the disease. Rickettsial infections are re-emerging throughout the world and have been reported from several districts of states like Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.
...
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/paediatricians-report-rickettsial-infection-cases/1000040/