PREVALENCE OF JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS IN DHEMAJI DISTRICT OF ASSAM

Japanese encephalitis (JE) is the viral disease caused by Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) transmitted to human by Culex mosquitoes.  As per WHO, annually 10,000–15,000 people die due to JEV in worldwide. In India, National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme (NVBDCP) is playing an important role for controlling the JEV by surveillance in each Region by Government of India. The present study was carried out to check the positivity rate of JEV among Acute encephalitis syndrome (AES cases) in 2013-2014 at Dhemaji district of Assam and to find out the risk age group and relation of JEV with living behavior. In our study it was found that 74.46% patients reported as AES were below 10 years and out of which 38.09 % patients were JE positive

PATHOLOGICAL OUTCOME IN THE PATIENTS WITH DIFFERENT AILMENTS: A COMPREHENSIVE STUDY IN LAKHIMPUR DISTRICT, ASSAM

Hemoglobin, total leukocyte count, differential leukocyte count, erythrocyte sedimentation rate, random blood sugar, creatinine and blood urea levels were measured in a total of 1123  participants attended at North lakhimpur Civil hospital during the year 2013. The prevalence of anemia was observed in 45.33% (509/1123) cases. Among the study participants, 5.08% (57/1123) cases were typhoid widal test positive. The level of low monocyte count observed in all the typhoid positive cases. Beside this an increase level of ESR value, random blood sugar, creatinine and blood urea were examined in a considerable number of cases. Male tend to have higher erythrocyte sedimentation rate values than the females. Only a single Plasmodium falciparum positive case was detected among the study samples. The study concludes that hematological and biochemical estimation is probably useful in early detection of case infection.Â

Investigation of an outbreak of varicella in a village of Goalpara District, India

Background: Chickenpox or varicella is a viral disease caused by varicella-zoster virus (VZV) with different complications. Due to traditional belief peoples/villagers avoids treatment and follows some traditional remedies and folk medicine. To change this thinking of villager’s health awareness is mandatory. The main aim of the study was control the outbreak and minimizes the future transmission.Methods: An outbreak was investigated in a village of Goalpara district of Assam, India after getting the permission from DHS (District Health Society). Total 42 (Forty two) numbers of patients affected out of 953 (Nine hundred fifty three) numbers of villagers. Blood samples were collected and serum obtained from the samples.Results: The serum samples were tested for VZV IgM ELISA and found 88.09 % patients positive for VZV. Hygiene was observed very poor during our investigation.Conclusions: Health awareness given to the all villagers and patients were treated symptomatically. Immunization, Proper nutrition, Improve living behavior etc can reduce the rate of outbreak

Goalpara and bacterial water contamination: A thorough study

The current world is fighting with several issues like Covid- 19, Poverty, Malnutrition and many more. But there are some other issues which are still ignored by considering as less important. Among these least concern issues death due to drinking of contaminated water or ingestion of food come in contact with polluted water holds a major percentage. The study was conducted to determine the quality of water contamination trend in Goalpara district of Assam. The presence of fecal and total coliform were tested by Most Probable Number as well as Membrane filtration tests (MF) to rule out any chance of missing out any positive sample. During the study we identified the causative agent which contaminates the water in the targeted district of Assam, India. Water samples were collected from drinking water supplies and from routine household chores. During the study, evidence of microorganisms such as Escherichia coli, Streptococci, Staphylococci and Klebsiella were found. Escherichia coli were isolated from most numbers of samples, whereas Shigella spp. has the lowest contamination rate. The water with highest contamination rate was from Rangjuli development block and Lakhipur development block gave the lowest water contamination rate. The most prevalent bacteria were Escherichia coli.&nbsp

Investigation of an outbreak of varicella in a village of Goalpara District, India

Background: Chickenpox or varicella is a viral disease caused by varicella-zoster virus (VZV) with different complications. Due to traditional belief peoples/villagers avoids treatment and follows some traditional remedies and folk medicine. To change this thinking of villager’s health awareness is mandatory. The main aim of the study was control the outbreak and minimizes the future transmission.Methods: An outbreak was investigated in a village of Goalpara district of Assam, India after getting the permission from DHS (District Health Society). Total 42 (Forty two) numbers of patients affected out of 953 (Nine hundred fifty three) numbers of villagers. Blood samples were collected and serum obtained from the samples.Results: The serum samples were tested for VZV IgM ELISA and found 88.09 % patients positive for VZV. Hygiene was observed very poor during our investigation.Conclusions: Health awareness given to the all villagers and patients were treated symptomatically. Immunization, Proper nutrition, Improve living behavior etc can reduce the rate of outbreak