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Chikungunya virus outbreak in Kerala, India, 2007: a seroprevalence study

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2011
India was affected by a major outbreak of chikungunya fever caused by Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) during 2006-2007. Kerala was the worst affected state during 2007 with a contribution of 55.8% suspected cases in the country.
Narendran Pradeep Kumar, Abidha Suresh, Perumal Vanamail, Shanmugavelu Sabesan, Kalianna Gounder Krishnamoorthy, Jacob Mathew, Varakilparambil Thomas Jose, Purushothaman Jambulingam   +7 more
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Dengue NS1 antigen kit shows high sensitivity for detection of recombinant dengue virus-2 NS1 antigen spiked with Aedes aegypti mosquitoes

Scientific Reports, 2021
Dengue, caused by the dengue virus (DENV) is a significant vector-borne disease. In absence of a specific treatment and vaccine, dengue is becoming a rising threat to public health.
Philip Raj Abraham, Bharathy R, Pradeep Kumar N, Ashwani Kumar   +3 more
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Molecular Evidence of Rickettsia conorii subsp. raoultii and Rickettsia felis in Haemaphysalis intermedia Ticks in Sirumalai, Eastern Ghats, Tamil Nadu, South India

Microorganisms, 2023
Rickettsia is an important pathogenic entity among tick-borne diseases (TBD), which are considered serious emerging public health problems globally.
Krishnamoorthy Nallan, Veerapathiran Ayyavu, Elango Ayyanar, Balaji Thirupathi, Bhavna Gupta, Panneer Devaraju, Ashwani Kumar, Paramasivan Rajaiah   +7 more
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Field evaluation of Mosq-ovitrap, Ovitrap and a CO2-light trap for Aedes albopictus sampling in Shanghai, China [PDF]

PeerJ, 2019
Background The Mosq-ovitrap (MOT) is currently used for routine surveillance of container-breeding Aedes in China. However, the effectiveness of monitoring Aedes albopictus using the MOT and other mosquito monitoring methods, such as the Ovitrap (OT) and
Qiang Gao, Hui Cao, Jian Fan, Zhendong Zhang, Shuqing Jin, Fei Su, Peien Leng, Chenglong Xiong   +7 more
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An evolutionary game study of cockroach control strategies in residential households

Scientific Reports, 2023
Cockroach control in Beijing's residential households is supported by the local government previously but now it is paid by the residents themselves. Under the new residential household cockroach control strategy, the evolutionary game theory is applied ...
Qiuhong Li, Meide Liu, Ting Liu, Ying Tong, Yong Zhang   +4 more
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Insecticide-treated eave nets and window screens for malaria control in Chalinze district, Tanzania: a study protocol for a household randomised control trial

Trials, 2022
Background Long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) have contributed to the reduction of malaria in sub-Saharan Africa, including Tanzania. However, they rely on daily user behaviour and high coverage which is difficult to maintain.
Olukayode G. Odufuwa, Sarah Jane Moore, Zawadi Mageni Mboma, Emmanuel Mbuba, Joseph Barnabas Muganga, Jason Moore, Rose Philipo, Mohammed Ally Rashid, Rune Bosselmann, Ole Skovmand, John Bradley   +10 more
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Studies on the fitness characteristics of wMel- and wAlbB-introgressed Aedes aegypti (Pud) lines in comparison with wMel- and wAlbB-transinfected Aedes aegypti (Aus) and wild-type Aedes aegypti (Pud) lines

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022
Wolbachia, an intracellular maternally transmitted endosymbiont, has been shown to interfere with the replication of dengue virus in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes. The Wolbachia-transinfected Ae.
Candasamy Sadanandane, Kasinathan Gunasekaran, Devaraju Panneer, Sarala K. Subbarao, Manju Rahi, Balakrishnan Vijayakumar, Velan Athithan, Annamalai Sakthivel, Sundaram Dinesh, Purushothaman Jambulingam   +9 more
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Vector Control Strategies

, 2023
Vector-borne diseases, mainly dengue and malaria, are serious public health problems in the world; for the control of Aedes and Anopheles mosquitoes, there are several strategies such as biological, genetic, chemical, physical, and cultural. For the application of these control strategies, it is important to take into account the integrated vector ...
Wilber, Gómez-Vargas,, Esteban, Zapata-Úsuga, Giovani   +1 more
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Age and sex distribution trends of SARS-CoV-2 infections: Insights from three epidemic waves in Puducherry, India

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries
Introduction: This study analyzed the age and sex distribution of COVID-19 patients during the initial three COVID-19 waves in Puducherry, India, from August 2020 to March 2022, to understand the distribution of infection across different demographic ...
Lourduraj John De Britto, Arya Rahul, Dinesh Sundaram, Balakrishnan Vijayakumar, Thirumal Sankari, Muthukumaravel Subramanian, Raja Jeyapal Dinesh, Philip Raj Abraham, Panneer Devaraju, Yasin Nazeer, Ayyanar Elango, Balasubramaniyan Ramalingam, Kulandaisamy Athisaya Mary, Suchi Tyagi, Rituraj Niranjan, Paramasivan Rajaiah, Mayilsamy Muniaraj, Narendran Pradeep Kumar, Irudayaraj Geetha, Ananganallur Nagarajan Shriram, Adinarayanan Srividya, Vijesh Sreedhar Kuttiatt, Ashwani Kumar   +22 more
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Control of Chagas disease vectors [PDF]

Salud Pública de México, 2003
Most Latin American countries are making dramatic progress in controlling Chagas disease, through a series of national and international initiatives focusing on elimination of domestic populations of Triatominae, improved screening of blood donors, and clinical support and treatment of persons infected with Trypanosoma cruzi.
JM Ramsey, CJ Schofield
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