Open AccessPrevalence of dengue fever in Western Uttar Pradesh, India: A gender-based study
Author(s) -
Manoj Kumar,
Rajesh Verma,
B. Mishra
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of applied and basic medical research/international journal of applied and basic medical research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2248-9606
pISSN - 2229-516X
DOI - 10.4103/ijabmr.ijabmr_337_18
Subject(s) - dengue fever , serology , outbreak , uttar pradesh , medicine , demography , antibody , veterinary medicine , immunology , virology , socioeconomics , sociology
Gender-based serologic differences for nonstructural protein 1(NS1) antigen (Ag) and IgM antibody (Ab) detection have been reported among cases of dengue in few studies. However, to understand its distribution with patient's gender and their demographic profile, this study is designed to fill the gaps in the available gender based data, and is the first from this region.