Unknown epidemic stalks Tamenglong villages

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Source: The Sangai Express Imphal, February 07: Atleast one or two members of the family in each household of Kuilong village in Tamei sub-divisions of Tamenglong district have been affected by the outbreak of an unknown epidemic that has claimed one life so far.

According to information received by the press here, the unknown epidemic with characteristic symptoms of fever, headache, stomach pain, nausea, etc has even spread out to other neighbouring villages like Lemta, Dumong, Makuilong and Illei.

However, in the worst affected Kuilong, a hamlet of about 125 households, there is not even a single family where the epidemic has not invaded.

Atleast one or two members in each family have suffering from the unknown disease.

Addressing a press conference in this connection at Manipur Press Club here this afternoon, information and publicity secretary of All Zeliangrong Students' Union (Assam, Manipur and Nagaland) NZ Achapbou informed that the unknown disease broke out in November last year and so far one life has been claimed.

Identifying the victim as one 39-year old Pouhot-dinbou Pamei son of Wuijanpibou Pamei, the student leader said that Pouhotdinbou died in November last before proper medical care could be provided.

The student leader further informed that two patients who were brought to Imphal in a serious condition are currently undergoing treatment at Catholic Medical Centre at Koirengei while another patient had been discharged from RIMS Hospital where he was admitted for treatment.

As the condition of the roads in Tamei sub-divisions are not good and there is lack of health care facilities, villagers are living in fear under the shadow of the unknown epidemic which has also spread out to other neighbouring villages like Lemta, Dumong, Makuilong and Illei, Achapbou said.

While informing that there is only one Primary Health Centre at Tamei, he lamented two doctors out of the three posted at the health care centre have been transferred thus leaving only one doctor identified as Z Kamei who too is out of station at present.

Drawing the attention of the Government to the problems being faced by the people in the remote hill areas, he also urged for sending a medical team at the earliest possible.




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[Shannon Bennett]

Re: Unknown epidemic stalks Tamenglong villages

This place has been in the news before.

http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=525236

<TABLE cellSpacing=3 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=content-cell vAlign=top> Clin Microbiol. 2004 November; 42(11): 5070?5075.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.42.11.5070-5075.2004.

Copyright ? 2004, American Society for Microbiology
Role of Cannomys badius as a Natural Animal Host of Penicillium marneffei in India
Harish Gugnani,<SUP>1</SUP> Matthew C. Fisher,<SUP>2</SUP><SUP>*</SUP> Anubha Paliwal-Johsi,<SUP>1</SUP> Nongnuch Vanittanakom,<SUP>3</SUP> Irabanta Singh,<SUP>4</SUP> and Pratap Singh Yadav<SUP>4</SUP> Department of Medical Mycology, Vallabhbhai Patel Chest Institute, University of Delhi, Delhi,<SUP>1</SUP> Department of Life Sciences, Manipur University, Imphal, Manipur, India,<SUP>4</SUP> Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, United Kingdom,<SUP>2</SUP> Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand<SUP>3</SUP>


<SUP>*</SUP>Corresponding author: Mailing address: Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, United Kingdom W2 1PG. Phone: 44 020 75943787. Fax: 44 207 5943693. E-mail: matthew.fisher@imperial.ac.uk<SCRIPT language=JavaScript type=text/javascript><!-- try{initUnObscureEmail ("e_id2676071", '' + reverseAndReplaceString('ku.ca.lairepmi/ta/rehsif.wehttam', '/at/','@') + '')}catch(e){} //--></SCRIPT> .
Received April 23, 2004; Revised June 2, 2004; Accepted June 29, 2004.

This article has been cited by other articles in PMC.


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</TD><TD class=content-cell>Abstract
Infection by Penicillium marneffei in human immunodeficiency virus-positive patients in India has recently been described; the aim of our study was to survey wild rodents and their associated environment in order to identify the natural populations of this fungus. Surveys recovered P. marneffei from the internal organs of 10 (9.1%) of 110 bamboo rats (Cannomys badius) examined from Manipur state, India, an area endemic for penicilliosis marneffei. Identification of the isolates was based on a detailed study of their morphological characteristics, in vitro conversion to fission yeast form, and exoantigen tests. Multilocus microsatellite typing (MLMT) of the isolates revealed five genotypes. No genotypes were shared between sample sites, and all bamboo rats were infected with a single genotype within sample sites, demonstrating spatial genetic heterogeneity. One MLMT genotype was identical to that seen in a human isolate, suggesting that either coinfection from a common source or host-to-host transmission had occurred. This demonstrates the utility of an MLMT-based approach to elucidating the epidemiology of P. marneffei.
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[Shannon Bennett]

Re: Unknown epidemic stalks Tamenglong villages

It is in Manipur district, north and east of Bangladesh.

 

[Treyfish]

Re: Unknown epidemic stalks Tamenglong villages

Team formed to study Tml disease
By Our Staff Reporter
IMPHAL, Feb 8: Following outbreak of a yet to be confirmed disease in a remote Tamenglong district village that had assumed epidemic proportion and reportedly claiming one life, the State Government has set up a health team to assess and tackle the situation.
Conveying prepared-ness of the Government to send a medical/health team tomorrow to Kuilong area from where the disease is said to be spreading , Chief Medical Officer of Tamenglong district K Menjor Singh said the team composed of medical officer and para-medical staff from Tamei sub-division would investigate the disease outbreak in all its dimension in addition to initiating awareness pro- gramme on hygienic living in the affected village that accommodates 125 households.
Information provided by secretary information and publicity of the All Zeliangrong Students? Union (Assam, Manipur & Nagaland) NZ Achapbou suggested that fever, headache, stomach pain and nausea are the main symptoms of
the disease that had been confronting the villagers since November last.
Recounting that at least one or two member in every Kuilong household had been affected by the disease, the student activist identified one Pouhotdinbou Panmei (39) as the first victim claimed by the unknown disease in November.
The said disease is informed to have spread to the neighbouring villages of Lemta, Dumong, Maku-ilong and Illei while two infected persons evacuated from the affected villages are currently undergoing treatment at the Catholic Medical Centre, Koirengei.
Compounding the villagers? distress is said to be transport bottlenecks and health care inadequacy in Tamei sub-division with the villagers gripped in fear and anxiety on who the next victim would be, according to Achapbou who desired that State Government take appropriate measures to mitigate sorrowful time staring against the villagers.:tiphat: http://www.thesangaiexpress.com/News_pages/Local_page-03.html


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[sharon sanders]

Re: Unknown epidemic stalks Tamenglong villages

Possibly Chikungunya -

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Deadly disease stalk villagers on Nagaland border
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Residents of Kuilong village under Tamei sub-division of Tamenglong
district are in a dire plight since the outbreak of a highly
infectious disease (something like malarial typhoid) which has
claimed a life since November [2007] last year and has infected
members of nearly every household in the village and its surrounding area.

The disease which started spreading in Kuilong village since November
last year [2007] has so far claimed one life while 35 patients are
seriously ill from the disease which remains a mystery to the
villagers, according to N Z Achabou, spokesperson of the All
Zeliangrong Students' Union, Assam, Manipur and Nagaland and the
president of the Village Authority Association, Tamei.

Even though doctors at the Catholic Medical Hospital, Koirengei,
believe it to be malarial typhoid from the symptoms, there has been
no confirmation of the same and besides the state authorities are yet
to investigate into the matter. Most of the seriously ill villagers
were admitted to hospital, but they left the hospital before they
fully recovered from disease due to financial problems, according to
the AZSU spokesperson.

Currently 2 patients from the village are under treatment in serious
condition, he said adding that so far 35 patients have been treated
in the hospital since the outbreak of the disease. After returning
back from hospital without recovering fully, they again fell ill due
to the same disease after reaching the village, the president of the
Village Authority Association said.

Symptoms of the disease include severe joint ache and stomach pain.

The disease first appeared in Kuilong, a village of 900 residents
last November [2007], but spread to the neighbouring villages like
Lemta, Dulong, Makuilong, etc.

He also recounted the incidents of claiming around 20 to 30 people of
Lenglong village located in the same Barak range some years back by
the malarial typhoid and urged the concerned authorities of the
Manipur government to dispatch medical teams and enquire about the
mass infection by the disease and take up measures to provide relief
to the villagers.

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[It is difficult to know what the etiology of this disease might be
given the information in this article. ProMED requests further
detailed information about this illness and what the term malarial
typhoid denotes to the local health care providers there. The severe
joint pain raises the possibility of infection with chikungunya virus.

An interactive map of the Imphal area that also shows its location in
far northeast India can be accessed at:
<http://www.maplandia.com/india/manipur/imphal/> - Mod.TY

We have no idea what malarial typhoid means. - Mod.DK]
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