Autor(es): Manimunda Sathya P, Sugunan Attayur P, Rai Subhodh K, Vijayachari Paluru, Shriram Ananganallur N, Sharma Sameer, Muruganandam Nagarajan, Chaitanya Itta K, Guruprasad Dev R, Sudeep Anakkathil B

Resumo: The outbreak of chikungunya fever that surfaced in India during late 2005 has affected more than 1.56 million people, spread to more than 17 states/union territories, - is still ongoing. Many of these areas are dengue- - leptospirosis-endemic settings. We carried out a cross-sectional survey in one such chikungunya-affected location in Dakshina Kannada District of Karnataka State to estimate the magnitude of the epidemic - the proportion of chikungunya virus (CHIKV) infections that remained clinically inapparent. The seropositivity for CHIKV infection was 62.2%, - the attack rate of confirmed CHIK fever was 58.3%. The proportion of inapparent CHIKV infection was 6.3%. The increasing trend in the seropositivity - attack rate of CHIKV infection with age group was statistically significant. The present study is an indicator of the magnitude of the ongoing outbreak of CHIKV infection in India that started during 2005-2006.

Imprenta: The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, v. 83, n. 4, p. 751-754, 2010

Identificador do objeto digital: 10.4269/ajtmh.2010.09-0433

Descritores: Chikungunya virus - Pathogenesis ; Chikungunya virus - Proteins ; Chikungunya virus - Antibodies ; Chikungunya virus - Viral infections ; Chikungunya Virus - Virus ; Chikungunya virus - Chikungunya fever ; Chikungunya virus - Dengue ; Chikungunya virus - Epidemic ; Chikungunya virus - Epidemiology ; Chikungunya virus - Immunology ; Chikungunya virus - Public health

Data de publicação: 2010

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