The state public health department has formed a rapid response team to investigate the reason behind the surge of chikungunya cases with rare manifestations in the city. The team includes scientists from the National Institute of Virology, Dr Babasahed Tandale and Dr Anuradha Tripati; Dr Rajesh Karyakarte, head of microbiology at BJ Medical College; Dr Nagnath Redewar, head of the …
Amid the soaring dengue cases, Punjab is also gripped by the worst outbreak of another vector-borne disease — chikungunya. At 1,503, the state has already reported the highest number of cases since 2017, when the state formally started maintaining surveillance of the debilitating disease. Patiala district epidemiologist Dr Sumeet Singh said both dengue and chikungunya had similar symptoms, but immense …
Some therapies that are successful in treating rheumatoid arthritis may help improve treatment for people with debilitating mosquito-borne viral diseases, new research has found. "The disease caused by these viral infections bears several similarities with a form of auto-immune arthritis known as Rheumatoid Arthritis," said lead author Ali Zaid from Menzies Health Institute Queensland at Griffith University in Australia. "When …
