Seroprevalence of scrub typhus and other rickettsial diseases among the household rodents of Mizoram, North‐East India
Abstract In the last decade, scrub typhus, a zoonotic disease has emerged as a major health concern in Mizoram, a North‐East Indian state that shares international borders with Myanmar and Bangladesh. Mizoram is a biodiversity hotspot and >85% of the state is under forest cover, which provides an...
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crwiley:10.1111/zph.13025 2024-10-06T13:52:22+00:00 Seroprevalence of scrub typhus and other rickettsial diseases among the household rodents of Mizoram, North‐East India Pautu, Lalfakzuala Lalmalsawma, Pachuau Vanramliana Balasubramani, Karuppusamy Balabaskaran Nina, Praveen Rosangkima, Gabriel Sarma, Devojit Kumar Malvi, Yogesh Hunropuia 2023 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/zph.13025 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/zph.13025 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1111/zph.13025 en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Zoonoses and Public Health volume 70, issue 3, page 269-275 ISSN 1863-1959 1863-2378 journal-article 2023 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1111/zph.13025 2024-09-23T04:37:08Z Abstract In the last decade, scrub typhus, a zoonotic disease has emerged as a major health concern in Mizoram, a North‐East Indian state that shares international borders with Myanmar and Bangladesh. Mizoram is a biodiversity hotspot and >85% of the state is under forest cover, which provides an ideal ecological niche for the rodents and mites to transmit scrub typhus and other rickettsial infections. Using the Weil‐Felix test, a serosurvey of household rodents from 41 villages spread across all the 11 districts in Mizoram was undertaken to gather important insights on their role in disease transmission. Furthermore, the chigger and flea indexes were calculated from the captured rodents. The 163 rodents captured belonged to five species; the highest numbers were from Rattus tanezumi (87), followed by Rattus rattus (41), Mus musculus (17), Suncus murinus (16), and Bandicota bengalensis (2). The rickettsial seropositivity of the captured rodents was 66.26% (108 out of 163 were positive). Among the 163 rodents, sera of 75 (46.01%), 61 (37.42%), and 73 (44.78%) were reactive to OXK, OX19, and OX2 antigens, respectively. The chigger and flea index were 17.92 and 0.16, respectively. Overall, the study has given important insights into the risk of multiple rickettsial infections that household rodents could transmit in Mizoram. These findings indicate the need for the urgent implementation of effective rodent control strategies in Mizoram. Article in Journal/Newspaper Rattus rattus Wiley Online Library Indian Zoonoses and Public Health 70 3 269 275 |
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Abstract In the last decade, scrub typhus, a zoonotic disease has emerged as a major health concern in Mizoram, a North‐East Indian state that shares international borders with Myanmar and Bangladesh. Mizoram is a biodiversity hotspot and >85% of the state is under forest cover, which provides an ideal ecological niche for the rodents and mites to transmit scrub typhus and other rickettsial infections. Using the Weil‐Felix test, a serosurvey of household rodents from 41 villages spread across all the 11 districts in Mizoram was undertaken to gather important insights on their role in disease transmission. Furthermore, the chigger and flea indexes were calculated from the captured rodents. The 163 rodents captured belonged to five species; the highest numbers were from Rattus tanezumi (87), followed by Rattus rattus (41), Mus musculus (17), Suncus murinus (16), and Bandicota bengalensis (2). The rickettsial seropositivity of the captured rodents was 66.26% (108 out of 163 were positive). Among the 163 rodents, sera of 75 (46.01%), 61 (37.42%), and 73 (44.78%) were reactive to OXK, OX19, and OX2 antigens, respectively. The chigger and flea index were 17.92 and 0.16, respectively. Overall, the study has given important insights into the risk of multiple rickettsial infections that household rodents could transmit in Mizoram. These findings indicate the need for the urgent implementation of effective rodent control strategies in Mizoram. |
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Pautu, Lalfakzuala Lalmalsawma, Pachuau Vanramliana Balasubramani, Karuppusamy Balabaskaran Nina, Praveen Rosangkima, Gabriel Sarma, Devojit Kumar Malvi, Yogesh Hunropuia |
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Pautu, Lalfakzuala Lalmalsawma, Pachuau Vanramliana Balasubramani, Karuppusamy Balabaskaran Nina, Praveen Rosangkima, Gabriel Sarma, Devojit Kumar Malvi, Yogesh Hunropuia Seroprevalence of scrub typhus and other rickettsial diseases among the household rodents of Mizoram, North‐East India |
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Pautu, Lalfakzuala Lalmalsawma, Pachuau Vanramliana Balasubramani, Karuppusamy Balabaskaran Nina, Praveen Rosangkima, Gabriel Sarma, Devojit Kumar Malvi, Yogesh Hunropuia |
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Seroprevalence of scrub typhus and other rickettsial diseases among the household rodents of Mizoram, North‐East India |
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Seroprevalence of scrub typhus and other rickettsial diseases among the household rodents of Mizoram, North‐East India |
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Seroprevalence of scrub typhus and other rickettsial diseases among the household rodents of Mizoram, North‐East India |
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Seroprevalence of scrub typhus and other rickettsial diseases among the household rodents of Mizoram, North‐East India |
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Seroprevalence of scrub typhus and other rickettsial diseases among the household rodents of Mizoram, North‐East India |
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seroprevalence of scrub typhus and other rickettsial diseases among the household rodents of mizoram, north‐east india |
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