Title of article :
Threats and Re-emergence of Chickungunya Fever in Indian Sub-continent
Author/Authors :
Mahajan، نويسنده , , S، نويسنده , , Chhabra، نويسنده , , Daljeet and Rashid، نويسنده , , S.M.، نويسنده ,
Issue Information :
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2009
Pages :
3
From page :
40
To page :
42
Abstract :
Zoonosis are among the most frequent and dreaded risk to which man kind is exposed today, human health is inextricably linked to animal health and production. Over the past 6 years, a number of zoonotic and vector borne viral diseases were recorded in South-east Asia and the Western Pacific and there was sudden upsurge in the number of emerging and re-emerging zoonotic diseases in Indian Sub-continent and Chikungunya fever is one of them. The precise reasons for the re-emergence of Chikungunya in the Indian subcontinent as well as the other small countries in the southern Indian Ocean are an enigma. Although, it is well recognized that re-emergence of viral infections are due to a variety of social, environmental, behavioural and biological changes, which of these contributed to the re-emergence of Chikungunya virus would be interesting to unravel. Chikungunya is generally spread through bites of infected mosquitoes, mosquitoes become infected when they feed on a animal infected with CHIK virus. Monkey and possibly other wild animals may serve as reservoirs of infection
Keywords :
Zoonosis , disease , health , monkey , virus , Re-emergence , threat , Fever , Chickungunya
Journal title :
Veterinary World
Serial Year :
2009
Journal title :
Veterinary World
Record number :
676239
Link To Document :
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