title: Seroprevalence of certain bacterial and viral infections among the Irula tribal population of Marakkanam, Tamil Nadu state, India.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Seroprevalence study in Irula tribe of Marakkanam, Tamil Nadu State was carried out for certain bacterial (typhoid, syphilis and leptospirosis) and viral infection (hanta, hepatitis B and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Highest seroprevalence was observed for leptospirosis (61.1%) followed by, hepatitis B virus surface antigen (11.11%), syphilis (9.72%), typhoid (8.33%), hantavirus (6.9%) and HIV (2.77%).
  
  
  METHODS
  The seroprevalence of leptospirosis and hantavirus may be attributed to their professional exposure to rodent that they catch in the open field and the syphilis, hepatitis B and HIV prevalence may be related to their sexual behavior and social customs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Dr ALM Post Graduate Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu State, India.
authors.forename: Ashok
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gnanasekaran
authors.forename: Rajendran
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Paramasivam
authors.forename: Kannan
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mohan
authors.forename: Joseph Christian
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Daniel
authors.forename: Karthikeyan
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Murugasan
authors.forename: Umamaheshwari
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Perumal Kannabiran
authors.forename: Sivasankari
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Selvaraj
authors.forename: Meenakshisundaram
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chockalingam
authors.forename: Sivashankar
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Moorthy
authors.forename: Rajendran
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Melani
authors.forename: Rajendran
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nivedha
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000097:blood*; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology; D018778:Hantavirus Infections / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D007922:Leptospirosis / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012494:Sampling Studies; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies; D012737:Sex Factors; D013587:Syphilis / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology; D014435:Typhoid Fever / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology; D014777:Virus Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D000914:Antibodies, Viral