India: Weekly outbreak reports 2011

[Ronan Kelly]

Indian IDSP has altered the way they report on the web. Rather than the old style list of reports from the last 3 days, they have made available a weekly report in pdf format.

Week 53 ending Jan 2nd is attached. 4 outbreaks of food poisoning, 2 of measles (Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh) and one outbreak of cholera are reported.

Jamnagar ii. Cholera 329 / 0 19.12.10 20.12.10 Under
surveillance
Outbreak of watery diarrhoea reported from Village/Block Lalpur due to
consumption of contaminated water. District RRT visited the affected area
and investigated the outbreak. Out of 85 stool samples sent to G.G. Hospital,
14 found positive for Vibrio cholerae (El Tor, Ogawa). Active house to house
survey conducted to find new cases. All cases treated. ORS packets and
chlorine tablets distributed in the locality. Chlorination of drinking water
sources done. IEC activities undertaken regarding safe drinking water,
hygienic practices and sanitation measures.
2.

A follow-up section on prior reports is also included updating 3 reports of measles outbreaks (2 in Madhya Pradesh, 1 in Arunachal Pradesh) and a cholera outbreak in Assam that resulted in 1 fatality.

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Week 2 Ending Jan 16th is attached.

A busy week;



Unidentified outbreaks of viral fever in Vadodara, Gujarat and in Mandya Karnataka. The latter involved 17 cases and 2 fatalities. Negative for malaria and Typhoid.

Acute Diarrhoeal disease reported from Surat (Gujarat), Chikmagalur (Karnataka) and Karur and Villapuram (Tamil Nadu).

Dengue reported in Shimoga (Karnataka) and Erode (Tamil Nadu) and suspected in Villapuram (Karnataka)

http://idsp.nic.in/idsp/IDSP/2nd_wk11.pdf

Measles outbreaks in Mandla (Madhya Pradesh), Jalpaiguri (West Bengal) and Korapul (Orissa)

12 cases of cholera reported from Vellore (Tamil Nadu)

Large incidence of food poisoning in Thanjavur (TN)

Late reports from previous weeks;

Two outbreaks of ADD from Hassan (Karnataka) and Thane (Maharashtra).
5 cases of scrub typhus reported from Bellary (Karnataka).

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Week 3 ending Jan 23rd.

Outbreaks;

Unidentified viral fever in Bihar.
Measles in Bhavnagar (Gujarat) and Hassan (Karnataka).
Food poisoning in Valsad (Gujarat), Chikballapur and Haveri (Karnataka), SAS Nagar (Punjab), Dausa (Rajasthan).
CCHF report from Ahmedabad (Gujarat).
Enteric fever (1 fatality) in Kolar (Karnataka).
Acute Diarrhoeal Disease (1 fatality) in West Tripura.

Outbreaks from previous weeks reported late;
Malaria in South Tripura including 3 fatalities.
Acute Diarrhoeal Disease in Gandhinagar (Gujarat).
Chickenpox in Balrampur (Uttar Pradesh).

Followups;

Multiple measles outbreaks in West Bengal including 1 fatality.
Chickenpox outbreak in Araria (Bihar)

http://idsp.nic.in/idsp/IDSP/3rd_wk11.pdf

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Week 4 Ending Jan 30.

Outbreaks;

Measles outbreaks in Thanjavur and Dindigul (Tamil Nadu) and Lower Subansiri (Arunachal Preadesh) with 4 fatalities.
Acute Diarrhoeal Disease in Arunachal Pradesh and Thanjavur (TN) including 2 fatalities.
Food Poisoning in Kerala and Rajasthan (2 outbreaks) - no fatalities reported.

Late Reports;

Chikungunya in Mahabubnagar (Andhra Pradesh).
Measles in Hassan (Karnataka)
Malaria outbreak in Bikaner (Rajasthan) from August 2010 - 2 fatalities
Chickenpox in Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

Followups;

Chickenpox in Araria (Bihar)
Measles in Jalpaiguri (West Bengal)

http://idsp.nic.in/idsp/IDSP/4th_wk11.pdf

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Week 5 ending February 6th.

Outbreaks;

Widespread outbreaks of acute diarrheal disease - Lakhisarai (Bihar), Kheda (Gujarat), Kurukshetra (Haryana), Kodagu (1 fatality), Koppal and Yadgiri (Karnataka), Puri (2 fatalities) and Ganjam (Orissa), Gurdaspur (Punjab), and Madurai, Namakkal and Villupuram (Tamil Nadu).

Cholera confirmed in Thiruvarur (Tamil Nadu).

Food Poisoning in Chikamangalur (Karnataka) and Badaun (5 fatalities) (Uttar Pradesh).

Chickenpox in Hassan (Karnataka).

Measles in Dehradun (Uttarakhand).


Late Reports;

Malaria in Udupi (Karnataka).
Food Poisoning in Wayanad (Kerala).
Measles in Katni (Madhya Pradesh).


Follow-ups;

Chicken Pox in Jalpaiguri and Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal).
ADD in Jalpaiguri (West Bengal) and East Kameng (Arunachal Pradesh).
Viral Hepatitis in Jalpaiguri (West Bengal).
Food Poisoning in Purulia (West Bengal).
Malaria in Bellary (Karnataka).
Measles in Jalpaiguri (West Bengal).
CCHF update from Ahmedabad (Gujarat).

http://idsp.nic.in/idsp/IDSP/5th_wk11.pdf

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Week 6 ending February 13th;

Outbreaks:

Acute Diarrhoeal Disease ? Khamman (Andhra Pradesh), Bidar and Hassan (Karnataka), Madurai (Tamil Nadu, 1 fatality), and Bankura (West Bengal).

Food Poisoning ? Barpeta and Nagaon (Assam, 1 fatality), Navsari (Gujarat), Davanagere (Karnataka), Tehri Garhwal (Uttarakhand), and Bankura (West Bengal)

Measles ? Bharauch and Gandhinagar (Gujarat), Damoh and Chhindwara (Madhya Pradesh), Salem (Tamil Nadu) and Jalpaiguri (West Bengal).

Acute Meningitis ? Dhalai (Tripura, 13 cases, 6 fatalities) - Case with sudden onset of fever with rash and neck rigidity reported from villages Karnamanipara and Tetuya under Ganganagar PHC. Cases are in the age-group of 19-60 yrs. State RRT visited the affected area and investigated the outbreak. Chemoprophylaxis (ciprofloxacin & azithromycin) and vaccine for meningococcal meningitis given to the contacts. Sera samples sent for meningococcal meningitis test; report awaited. One sample found positive for P. falciparum. Health education given regarding personal protection measures to be adopted.

Viral Hepatitis ? Pauri Garhwal (Uttarakhand)

Viral fever ? Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

Late Reports:

ADD ? Bharauch, Sabarkantha, Surat and Tapi (Gujarat),
Food Poisoning ? Ahmedabad, Sabarkantha (Gujarat), and Dharwad (Karnataka)
Measles - Prakasam (Andhra Pradesh)
Viral Hepatitis ? Ahmedabad, Sabarkantha and Gandhinagar (Gujarat)

Follow-ups:

ADD ? East Kameng (Arunachal Pradesh), Koppal (Karnataka), and Jalpaiguri (West Bengal)
Measles ? Amreli (Gujarat) and Jalpaiguri (West Bengal)
Viral Hepatitis ? Jalpaiguri (West Bengal)
Chickenpox ? Jalpaiguri (West Bengal)

http://idsp.nic.in/idsp/IDSP/6th_wk11.pdf

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Week 7 ending Feb 20th.

Outbreaks:

Acute Diarrhoeal Disease ? Tamenglong (Manipur, 2 fatalities), Ganjam and Puri (Orissa) and Purulia (West Bengal).

Food Poisoning ? Thanjavur (Tamil Nadu)

Measles ? East Kameng (Arunachal Pradesh)

Viral Hepatitis ? Kottayam (Kerala) and Alwar (Rajasthan)

Chickenpox ? SAS Nagar (Punjab) and Bankura (West Bengal)

No late Reports.

Follow ups;

ADD ? East Kameng (Arunachal Pradesh) and Bankura (West Bengal)

http://idsp.nic.in/idsp/IDSP/7th_wk11.pdf

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Week 8 ending Feb 27th. http://idsp.nic.in/idsp/IDSP/8th_wk11.pdf


Outbreaks:

-Food Poisoning in Anantapur (Andhra Pradesh), Koppal (Karnataka), Sri Ganganagar (Rajasthan) and West District (Tripura).
-Measles in Patna & Araria (Bihar), Malkangiri (Orissa), Amritsar (1 fatality, Punjab), Jhalawar (1 fatality, Rajasthan), Peramballur (Tamil Nadu), Chamoli (Uttarakhand), and Bankura (West Bengal).
-Suspected Viral Hepatitis in Bundi (Rajasthan).
-Acute Diarrhoeal Disease: Thanjavur, Thiruvallur and Tiruvannamalai (Tamil Nadu) and Bankura (West Bengal).
-Enteric Fever in Yamuna Nagar (Haryana).
-Chickenpox in Hassan (Karnataka)

Late Reports:

-Measles in Araria (Bihar), Ernakulam and Alappuzha (Kerala) and Baran (Rajasthan).
-ADD in Mayurbanj (Orissa)

Follow ups:

-ADD in East Kameng (Arunachal Pradesh), Ganjam (Orissa) and Jalpaiguri (West Bengal).
-Viral Hepatitis in Alwar (Rajasthan) and Jalpaiguri (West Bengal).
-Measles in Jalpaiguri
-Chickenpox in Jalpaiguri

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Week 9 ending March 6th 2011. http://idsp.nic.in/idsp/IDSP/9th_wk11.pdf

Outbreaks:

Acute Diarrhoeal Disease in Krishna (Andhra Pradesh), Morena (Madhya Pradesh) Malkangiri (Punjab) and Dausa (Rajasthan)
Chickenpox in Araria (Bihar), Mysore (Karnataka) and Alwar (Rajasthan)
Viral Hepatitis in Bharuch (Gujarat)
Measles in Amreli (Gujarat) and Datia (Madhya Pradesh)
Unidentified Viral Fever in Kupwara (Jammu and Kashmir, 1 fatality)
Cholera in Chikkaballapur (Karnataka, 10 cases)
Food Poisoning in Ujain (Madhya Pradesh), Rayagada (Orissa), Fatehgarh Sahib (Punjab), Jaipur, Sikar and Tonk (Rajasthan)

Late Reports:

Kala Azar in Lakhisarai (Bihar)
ADD in Anand, Ahmedabad and Banaskantha (Gujarat)
Food Poisoning in Junagadh, Mehsana, Patan and Vadodara (Gujarat)
Viral Hepatitis in Mehsana (Gujarat)
Measles in Narmada and Surat (Gujarat) and Pruba Medinipur (West Bengal)

Follow ups:

ADD in East Kameng (Arunachal Pradesh) and Puri (Orissa)
Measles in East Kameng (Arunachal Pradesh) and Kheda (Gujarat)
Food Poisoning in Navsari (Gujarat) and Davangere (Karnataka)

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Week 10 ending March 13th. http://idsp.nic.in/idsp/IDSP/10th_wk11.pdf

Outbreaks:

Acute Flaccid Paralysis in Khagaria (Bihar, 2 cases, tests awaited)
Suspected Scrub Typhus in Mandi (Himachal Pradesh)
Measles in Khargone (Madhya Pradesh) and West Sikkim (Sikkim)
Food Poisoning in Kolhapur (Maharashtra), Dholpur (Rajasthan), Ramnad (Tamil Nadu) and Nadia (West Bengal)
Suspected Viral Hepatitis in Kolhapur (Maharashtra)
Chickenpox in Dindigul (Tamil Nadu)
Cholera in Tirunelveli (Tamil Nadu, 104 cases, 2 fatalities)
Kala Azar in Burdwan (West Bengal)
ADD in Burdwan (West Bengal)
Suspected Dengue in Birbhum (West Bengal, 16 cases, 1 fatality)

Sindhudurg (Maharashtra)
Suspected Enteric Fever in Khammam (Andhra Pradesh)


Late Reports:
Suspected Dengue in Sindhudurg (Maharashtra)
Suspected Enteric Fever in Khammam (Andhra Pradesh)


Follow ups:

ADD in East Kameng (Arunachal Pradesh)
Measles in Araria (Bihar) and Jalpaiguri (West Bengal)
Viral Hepatitis in Kolhapur (Maharashtra, 374 cases) and Jalpaiguri (West Bengal)
Chickenpox in Jalpaiguri (West Bengal)

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Week 11 ending March 20: http://idsp.nic.in/idsp/IDSP/11th_wk11.pdf

Outbreaks:

Measles in Prakasam (Andhra Pradesh), Kutch (Gujarat, 4 fatalities), Panchmahal (Gujarat), Mysore (Karnataka), and Morena (Madhya Pradesh).
Acute Diarrhoeal Disease in Godavari (Andhra Pradesh), Dahod (Assam), Junagadh and Surat (Gujarat), Kolar (Karnataka, 1 fatality), Ganjam (Rajasthan), Kandhamal, Puri and Malkangiri (1 fatality) (Orissa), Kancheepuram (Tamil Nadu) and Hooghly and Pashim Medinipur (West Bengal).
Food Poisoning in Nalbari (Assam), Navsari (Gujarat), Mandya, Mysore, Raichur and Tumkur (Karnataka), Palakkad (Kerala), Bikaner (Rajasthan), Puri (Orissa) and Bankura (West Bengal).
Chickenpox in Mehsana and Chamarajnagar(Gujarat), Hassan and Tumkur (Karnataka) and Idukki (Kerala)
Cholera in Gulburga (Karnataka)


Late Reports:


Viral Hepatitis E in Delhi and Ahmedabad (Gujarat, 1 fatality), Surendranagar (Gujarat) - suspected in Mahesana (Gujarat).
ADD in Navsari (Gujarat).
Food Poisoning in Amreli (Gujarat).
Chickenpox in Chamarajnagar and Udupi (Karnataka).
Chikungunya in Bidar (Karnataka).
Dengue in Trivandrum (Kerala).

Follow ups:

ADD in East Kameng (Arunachal Pradesh).
Measles in Khargone (Madhya Pradesh) and Darjeeling (West Bengal).

http://idsp.nic.in/idsp/IDSP/11th_wk11.pdf

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Week 12 ending March 27. http://idsp.nic.in/idsp/IDSP/12th_wk11.pdf

Outbreaks:

Chickenpox in Araria and Katihar (Bihar), Chitradurga and Tumkur (Karnataka), and West Sikkim (Sikkim).
Cholera in Chitradurga (28 cases, 0 fatalities, Karnataka).
Measles in Lakhisarai (Bihar), Kutch (24 cases, 3 fatalities, Gujarat), Sivganga (Tamil Nadu), and Pratapgarh (Uttar Pradesh).
Mumps in Lakhisarai (Bihar).
Acute Diarrhoeal Disease in Kheda (Gujarat), Jalandhar (Punjab) and Champawat (Uttarakhand).
Food Poisoning in Mandhya (Karnataka).
Viral fever in Betul (142 cases, Madhya Pradesh).
Suspected Viral Hepatitis in Faridkot (Punjab).
Suspected Anthrax in Murshidabad (5 cases, West Bengal).

Late Reports:

Chickenpox in Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh).
Measles in Ratlam (Madhya Pradesh).
Suspected Viral Fever in Nadia (75 cases, West Bengal).

Follow ups:

Measles in Mysore (Karnataka).
Chickenpox in Udupi (Karnataka).

http://idsp.nic.in/idsp/IDSP/12th_wk11.pdf

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Week 13 ending April 3rd; http://idsp.nic.in/idsp/IDSP/13th_wk11.pdf

Outbreaks:

Food poisoning in Golaghat and Lahkimpir (3 fatalities) (Assam), Ferozpur, Faridkot (1 fatality) and Hosiarpur (Punjab).
Chickenpox in Lakhisarai and Gaya (Bihar), Hassan (Karnataka) and Moga (Punjab).
Viral Hepatitis in Sheopur (Madhya Pradesh).
Acute Diarrhoeal Disease in Hassan (Karnataka), Denkanal, Ganjam and Nabrangpur (Orissa) and Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal).
Dengue in Mangalore (Karnataka, 1 fatality).
Measles in Koraput (Orissa, 1 fatality).
Suspected Anthrax in Murshidabad (West Bengal).

Late Reports:

Measles in Jalpaiguri (West Bengal).

Follow-ups:

Food Poisoning in Mandhya (Karnataka).

http://idsp.nic.in/idsp/IDSP/13th_wk11.pdf

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Week 14 ending April 10th; http://idsp.nic.in/idsp/IDSP/14th_wk11.pdf

Outbreaks:

Acute Diarrhoeal Disease in Hyderabad (Uttar Pradesh) and Bankura (1 fatality) and Hooghly (West Bengal).
Viral Hepatitis in Krishna (Andhra Pradesh), Delhi, and Dausa (Rajasthan).
Dysentary in Dibrugarh (1 fatality, Assam) and Burdwan (West Bengal).
Food Poisoning in Dibrugarh (2 fatalities, Assam), Mayurbhaj and Dhenkanal (Orissa) and Udaipur (Rajasthan).
Measles in Gaya (Bihar), Kasarwad and Morena (Madhya Pradesh), Krishnagiri (1 fatality, Tamil Nadu) and Ghazipur (Uttar Pradesh).
Chickenpox in Gaya and Kathihar (Bihar), Tonk (Rajasthan), Ghazipur (Uttar Pradesh) and Jalpaiguri (West Bengal).

Late Reports:

Measles in Mandla (Madhya Pradesh) and Jalpaiguri (West Bengal).
Chickenpox and unidentified viral fever also in Jalpaiguri.

Follow-ups:

ADD in East Kameng (Arunachal Pradesh.
Food Poisoning in Lakhimpur (9 fatalities, Assam).
Viral Hepatitis in Sheopur (Madhya Pradesh).
Measles in Jalpaiguri (West Bengal).

http://idsp.nic.in/idsp/IDSP/14th_wk11.pdf

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Week 15 ending April 17th; http://idsp.nic.in/idsp/IDSP/15th_wk11.pdf

Outbreaks:

Food poisoning in Prakasam (Andhra Pradesh), Mehsana (Gujarat), Kolar (Karnataka) and Murshidabad (West Bengal).
Acute Diarrhoeal Disease in Sonitpur (Assam), Chamarajnagar and Mysore (Karnataka), Bhopal (2 fatalities, Madhya Pradesh), Dhalai (1 fatality, Tripura), and Jalpaiguri (West Bengal).
Chikungunya in Amreli ans suspected in Bidar (Gujarat) and Dhule (Maharashtra).
Cholera in Hassan (1 fatality, Karnataka).
Measles in Chitradurga (Karnataka), Bhind (Madhya Pradesh), Moga (Punjab) and suspected in Sundargarh (Orissa).
Suspected viral hepatitis in Amritsar (Punjab).

Late Reports:
Suspected Viral Hepatitis in Warrangal (Andhra Pradesh) and Gulburga (Karnataka).
Kala-Azar in Munger (Bihar).
Malaria in Uttara Kannada (Karnataka).
Measles in Dholpur and Karauli (Rajasthan).

Follow-ups:
Food Poisoning in Lakhimpur (9 fatalities, Assam).
Chickenpox in Katihar (Bihar) and Tonk (Rajasthan)
ADD in Hooghly (West Bengal).

http://idsp.nic.in/idsp/IDSP/15th_wk11.pdf

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Week 16 ending April 24th; http://www.idsp.nic.in/idsp/IDSP/16th_wk11.pdf
Outbreaks:

Viral Hepatitis in Guntur (Andhra Pradesh) and suspected in Hardiwar (Uttarakhand).
Acute Diarrhoeal Disease in Mahbubnagar and Vizianagaram (Andhra Pradesh), Gulburga, Kodagu, Mysore and Raichur (Karnataka), Karauli (Rajasthan), Theni (Tamil Nadu) and Parganas and Burdwan (2 fatalities, West Bengal).
Food Poisoning in Nellore and Prakasam (Andhra Pradesh), Belgaum (Karnataka), Cuddalore (Tamil Nadu) and Bankura (West Bengal).
Chikungunya in Bidar (Karnataka).
Malaria in Koppal (Karnataka) and Darjeeling (West Bengal). Suspected in Nashik (1 fatality, Maharashtra) and Murshidabad (West Bengal).
Cholera in Mysore (31 cases, Karnataka) and Thane (17 cases, Rajasthan).
Dysentary in Solapur (Maharashtra).

Late Reports:

Kyasanur Forest Disease in Uttar Kannada (2 cases, 1 fatality, Karnataka).
Japanese Encephalitis in Alaphuza (Kerala).
Suspected Chickenpox in Nadia (West Bengal).

Updates:

Food Poisoning in Kolar (Karnataka) and Murshidabad (West Bengal).
Anthrax in Murshidabad (West Bengal).
Measles in Jalpaiguri (West Bengal).

http://www.idsp.nic.in/idsp/IDSP/16th_wk11.pdf