Chikungunya Virus Infection in Pre-Covid-19 and Covid-19 Era; an Observation from a Tertiary Care Hospital, the State of Uttar Pradesh

Jain, Amita and Rastogi, Yashasvi and Verma, Anil and Singh, Nishtha (2022) Chikungunya Virus Infection in Pre-Covid-19 and Covid-19 Era; an Observation from a Tertiary Care Hospital, the State of Uttar Pradesh. Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research, 34 (22). pp. 214-223. ISSN 2456-8899

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.9734/jammr/2022/v34i2231595

Abstract

This study determined the impact of the covid-19 pandemic on CHIKV (Chikungunya virus) infection, data of cases that were referred for anti-Chikungunya IgM from1st January 2018 to 31st December 2021 (four years) was analyzed retrospectively. A total of 8822 serum samples were tested of which 3125 (35.42%) were positive. Per cent positivity in Pre-covid-19 and covid-19 era was 36.5% and 33.5% respectively. Cases presenting with Acute Febrile illness had significantly lower positivity in covid time (31.11%) than pre-covid-19 time (45.29%). Finding of this study revealed a decrease in cases of CHIKV (Chikungunya virus) infection during the covid-19 pandemic.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	COVID-19 pandemic pre-covid 19 chikungunya chikungunya virus anti-chikungunya IgM
Subjects:	Opene Prints > Medical Science
Depositing User:	Managing Editor
Date Deposited:	27 Oct 2022 12:35
Last Modified:	15 Sep 2023 04:47
URI:	http://geographical.go2journals.com/id/eprint/3

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