Open AccessUpsurge of chikungunya cases in Uttar Pradesh, India
Author(s) -
Ahmad Ozair,
Danish Nasar Khan,
Shantanu Prakash,
Amit Bhagat,
Anil Verma,
Suruchi Shukla,
Amita Jain
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
indian journal of medical research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.578
H-Index - 87
ISSN - 0971-5916
DOI - 10.4103/ijmr.ijmr_2303_18
Subject(s) - serology , chikungunya , outbreak , rash , medicine , dengue fever , virology , encephalitis , dermatology , virus , immunology , antibody
Chikungunya (CHIK) re-emerged in India in 2006 after a gap of three decades. In Uttar Pradesh (UP), <100 confirmed cases per million were reported during this outbreak. Based on an upsurge of CHIK cases at UP, this retrospective study was conducted to investigate clinical and serological profile of CHIK cases in UP.