Open AccessZoonotic surveillance for rickettsiae in rodents and mapping of vectors of rickettsial diseases in India: A multi-centric study
Author(s) -
Rina Tilak,
Rajesh Kunwar,
P. K. Tyagi,
Anurag Khera,
Rajneesh Kumar Joshi,
Urmila B Wankhade
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
indian journal of public health/indian journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.381
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 2229-7693
pISSN - 0019-557X
DOI - 10.4103/ijph.ijph_156_17
Subject(s) - outbreak , mite , typhus , vector (molecular biology) , biology , scrub typhus , bartonella , rickettsia , spotted fever , veterinary medicine , tick , virology , ecology , medicine , biochemistry , virus , gene , recombinant dna
The global resurgence of rickettsial diseases and their potential to impact the fitness of military personnel and inflict widespread casualties amongst civil populations has emerged as a major cause of public health concern. Absence of surveillance system, lack of awareness amongst medical fraternity to rickettsial activity along with the difficulty in diagnosis because of their protean clinical manifestations are reasons for the outbreaks of these diseases.