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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%).
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Adolescente , Adulto , Infecções por Alphavirus/complicações , Animais , Vírus Chikungunya , Criança , Pré-Escolar , Culicidae , Surtos de Doenças , Vetores de Doenças , Feminino , Febre/etiologia , Humanos , Índia/epidemiologia , Lactente , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Fatores de Risco , ÁguaRESUMO
A total of 635 mothers of under five children from urban slum area of Nanded city were assessed to know their awareness about home management of diarrhoea and symptoms of pneumonia. 48.5% of the mothers were unaware of any method of rehydrating the child with diarrhoea at home level followed by 36.2% mothers who were knowing home available fluids for rehydrating the child. 50.4% of the mothers were not knowing a single symptom of pneumonia followed by 35.1% mothers who were aware rapid abdominal movements (Pet Udna) as a symptom of pneumonia.
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Conscientização , Criança , Diarreia/enfermagem , Feminino , Conhecimentos, Atitudes e Prática em Saúde , Assistência Domiciliar/normas , Humanos , Índia , Relações Mãe-Filho , Pneumonia/enfermagem , Áreas de Pobreza , Inquéritos e Questionários , Estudos Retrospectivos , População UrbanaRESUMO
A comparative study of effects of formaldehyde on respiratory system was carried out among systematically selected anatomy and histopathology department workers of three medical colleges of Vidarbha. A group of persons, not exposed to formaldehyde served as control group. Analysis of air samples revealed that the concentration of formaldehyde at study group work places was significantly more than the control group work places. The respiratory symptoms such as productive cough, breathlessness and tightness of chest were significantly more frequent among formaldehyde exposed persons. The lung function parameters showed a significant decrease among exposed as compared to non-exposed group.
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Poluentes Ocupacionais do Ar/efeitos adversos , Feminino , Formaldeído/efeitos adversos , Humanos , Índia , Masculino , Doenças Profissionais/etiologia , Exposição Ocupacional , Inquéritos e Questionários , Testes de Função Respiratória , Doenças Respiratórias/induzido quimicamenteRESUMO
The prevalence of vitamin A deficiency was estimated in 366 rural children in the age group of 1 to 15 years. In a systematically selected subsample of 90 children, the dietary intake of vitamin A was assessed. The prevalence of vitamin A deficiency signs ranged from 24.1 to 34.8%. The adequacy of dietary intake of vitamin A ranged from 8 to 12% when compared with the recommended dietary allowance. The dietary intake of children with and without vitamin A deficiency was not different (p greater than 0.05). The main source of beta carotene in the diet was cereals accounting for 47.9% of the total beta carotene intake.