title: Death due to chikungunya.
abstract: After its first appearance in Kolkata (Calcutta) during 1963-1965, chikungunya occurred in epidemic form in India in 17 states and union territories. There were 13,90,322 cases suspected to be suffering from chikungunya in 2006, 59,535 in 2007 and 11,222 in 2008; in 2006, 2007 and 2008 there were 15,961, 7,837 and 262 samples, respectively, sent to the National Institute of Virology, Pune, and the National Institute of Communicable Disease, Delhi, for serological diagnosis. Of these, 2001, 1826 and 44, respectively, were confirmed as chikungunya. There were no deaths (data from the National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme, Government of India).
authors.affiliation: School of Tropical Medicine, Chittaranjan Avenue, Kolkata 700073, India. drbhaswati@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Bhaswati
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bandyopadhyay
authors.forename: Debasish
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bandyopadhyay
authors.forename: Rana
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bhattacharya
authors.forename: Rajyasree
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: De
authors.forename: Bibhuti
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Saha
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mukherjee
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Hati
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D018354:Alphavirus Infections / Q000401:mortality*; D002646:Chikungunya virus; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans