title: Clinico-epidemiological profile of fever cases admitted during epidemics of Chikungunya fever.
abstract: A study of Clinico-epidemiological profile of fever cases admitted during epidemics of Chikungunya fever was carried out in Latur city of Maharashtra State. A total of 238 fever cases were investigated in relation to clinico-epidemilogical characteristics. Maximum fever cases admitted during epidemics of Chikungunya fever were in the age group 16-60 years (74.8%). There was no sex predominance. The commonest symptoms of admitted fever cases were sudden onset of high-grade fever (99.5%), followed by joint pains with tenderness on examination (90.7%), headache (58.4%) and body ache (23.5%). Average duration of illness was 3.01 days (S.D.=0.38). There was no mortality among affected fever cases. Family or neighborhood clustering of cases was observed in 66.8% and 31.5% of the cases respectively. The important environmental factors were presence of open water tank in the house (68%), infrequent cleaning and drying of non drinking water containers (once in 11 days) and abundance of mosquitoes in the house. (45.7%).
authors.affiliation: Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, Govt. Medical College, Latur (MS)-413512, Maharashtra State.
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Kirte
authors.forename: D B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Naik
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Khamgaonkar
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D018354:Alphavirus Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D000818:Animals; D002646:Chikungunya virus; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D009033:Culicidae; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D004199:Disease Vectors; D005260:Female; D005334:Fever / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012307:Risk Factors; D014867:Water
chemical_list: D014867:Water