Open AccessMosquito abundance and pig seropositivity as a correlate of Japanese encephalitis in human population in Assam, India
Author(s) -
Anubha Baruah,
R. A. Hazarika,
Nagendra Nath Barman,
Saidul Islam,
Baldev R. Gulati
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of vector borne diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.581
H-Index - 41
ISSN - 0972-9062
DOI - 10.4103/0972-9062.256564
Subject(s) - japanese encephalitis , culex tritaeniorhynchus , veterinary medicine , biology , population , culex , seroprevalence , encephalitis , relative species abundance , serology , virology , virus , abundance (ecology) , antibody , ecology , medicine , immunology , larva , environmental health
Assam is the most vulnerable state for Japanese encephalitis (JE) in India. The situation warrants characterization of epidemiological patterns of JE in vectors, pigs and human population. This investigation was aimed to determine the relative abundance of mosquito species and seroprevalence of JE in pigs in order to draw an epidemiological association with reported human JE cases in Assam.