A SEROPREVALENCE SURVEY OF COMMON VIRAL INFECTIONS AMONG SUSPECTED CASES ATTENDING TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL IN AMRITSAR DISTRICT OF PUNJAB, INDIA
Journal Title: Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences - Year 2017, Vol 6, Issue 59
Abstract
BACKGROUND Timely identification of an epidemic occurrence and appropriate strategies for treatment require accurate diagnosis of viral diseases. However, the data for incidences of viral diseases in the northern parts of India is limited. The aim of the present study was to diagnose the various occurrences and outbreaks of viral diseases mainly chikungunya, cytomegalovirus, dengue, hepatitis A, B, C, E, herpes simplex 1, 2 and rubella in Amritsar and neighbouring districts of Punjab along with the demographic and geographical data of the patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS Whole blood sera samples from a total of 6099 patients suspected of various viral diseases (chikungunya, cytomegalovirus, dengue, hepatitis A, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, hepatitis E, herpes simplex-1, 2 and rubella) were received at VRDL, GMC, Amritsar from May 2016 to December 2016. The diagnosis was based on serological assays. RESULTS Out of total 6099 suspected cases, 3269 were diagnosed with antibodies for at least one of the tested viral diseases. Dengue virus was the highest occurring viral disease (66%). Male patients infected with viruses outnumbered female cases except for chikungunya, herpes simplex-1, 2 and rubella. The 21 - 40 years’ age group appeared to be the most susceptible age group for nearly all studied viral infections except cytomegalovirus and hepatitis A. Among the total eight reported outbreak investigations, largest encompasses 2795 dengue cases from Amritsar district. CONCLUSION The significance of diagnostics is anticipated to increase with advances in interventions and health information technology. Emerging and future diagnostics will have wide-ranging impacts on all aspects of healthcare; further, they will help advance new fundamental concepts of care and improve the quality of health services.
Authors and Affiliations
Kanwardeep Singh, Manpreet Kaur, Shailpreet K Sidhu, Pushpa Devi, Maninder Kaur, Nachhatarjit Singh, Sita Malhotra
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