scholarly journals Tick-transmitted human infections in Asia

2018 ◽  
Vol 39 (4) ◽  
pp. 203 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew T Robinson ◽  
Khamsing Vongphayloth ◽  
Jeffrey C Hertz ◽  
Paul Brey ◽  
Paul N Newton
Keyword(s):  
Infectious Diseases ◽  
East Asia ◽  
Tick Species ◽  
Tropical Rainforests ◽  
South East Asia ◽  
Vector Borne ◽  
Human Infections ◽  
Regions Of Russia

Vector-borne pathogens of human significance cause a predicted 17% of infectious diseases worldwide, of which, ~23% are tick transmitted1. Although second to mosquitoes in terms of impact, ticks are thought to carry a greater diversity of pathogens than other arthropod vectors2. Asia is a key region for tick-borne pathogens, with tick species typically restricted to latitudes below 60–55°N3 where the climate is warmer and wetter – from the steppe regions of Russia to the tropical rainforests of South East Asia.

CIScoSI Study [Children Immunization Status and cases of Systemic Illness]

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Infectious Diseases ◽  
East Asia ◽  
Pediatric Patients ◽  
Severe Disease ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Immunization Coverage ◽  
South East Asia ◽  
Immunization Status ◽  
Tertiary Care Hospitals ◽  
Total Coverage

To determine the immunization status of pediatric patients under age of 5 years visiting pediatric department of tertiary care hospitals in South East Asia. The aim of this study was to appreciate the awareness and implementation of vaccination in pediatric patients who came into pediatric outpatient Department with presenting complain other than routine vaccination. we can also know the count of patients who do not complete their vaccination after birth. we can differentiate between vaccinated and unvaccinated patients and incidence of severe disease in both groups. Immunization is a protective process which makes a person resistant to the harmful diseases prevailing in the community, typically by vaccine administration either orally or intravenously. It is proven for controlling and eliminating many threatening diseases from the community. WHO report that licensed vaccines are available for the prevention of many infectious diseases. After the implementation of effective immunization the rate of many infectious diseases have declined in many countries of the world. South-East Asia is far behind in the immunization coverage. An estimated total coverage is 56%-88% for a fully immunized child, which is variable between countries. Also the coverage is highest for BCG and lowest for Polio.

Vector-borne diseases in South-East Asia: burdens and key challenges to be addressed

2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 2
Author(s):  
Rajesh Bhatia ◽  
Leonard Ortega ◽  
AP Dash ◽  
AhmedJamsheed Mohamed
Keyword(s):  
East Asia ◽  
South East Asia ◽  
Vector Borne Diseases ◽  
Vector Borne

A taxonomic revision of the askoldella species-group of the genus Nemophora Hoffmannsegg (Lepidoptera: Adelidae)

1995 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 459-472 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mikhail V. Kozlov
Keyword(s):  
East Asia ◽  
Male Genitalia ◽  
Taxonomic Revision ◽  
Species Group ◽  
South East Asia ◽  
Regions Of Russia

AbstractA group of externally very similar, grey species of the genus Nemophora Hoffmannsegg, whose females possess a brush of dark scales at the middle of their antenna, is revised. Five species of this group, all distributed in South-East Asia, are recognized: N. griseella (Walsingham) sp. rev. [= cyphozona (Meyrick) syn. n. ; = tricrates (Meyrick) syn. n.] from India, Burma and Nepal; N. ichnodesma (Meyrick) comb. n. from India and W Malaysia; N. cassiterites (Meyrick) comb. n. from India only; N. askoldella (Millière) [= irroratella (Christoph) ; = niphites (Meyrick) syn. n.] from China, S Korea, Japan, Khabarovsk and Primorye regions of Russia; N. chionites (Meyrick) comb. n. from India and Thailand. Data on all primary types are provided; lectotypes are designated where necessary. The monophyly of the group and the relationships of its species are discussed. Keys to species based on external characters and male genitalia are provided; adults and male genitalia are described and illustrated.

Infectious Diseases among Migrants in Countries of the Greater Mekong Subregion in the Period before the COVID-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 140-151
Author(s):  
Dilyara Syunyakova
Keyword(s):  
Infectious Diseases ◽  
East Asia ◽  
World Health Organization ◽  
Western Pacific ◽  
World Health ◽  
South East Asia ◽  
Host Countries ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
Greater Mekong Subregion

Migration issues, including the impact of migrant flows on the state of public health in the host country and infectious diseases imported by migrants are currently causing much debate. The aim of this study is to analyze data on the prevalence of infectious diseases among migrants and measures to reduce infectious morbidity taken in the countries of the Greater Mekong Subregion, also referred by the World Health Organization (WHO) to the South-East Asia and Western Pacific regions. The research materials included reports, statistical materials, program documents by the World Health Organization, the International Organization for Migration, and other publications. To analyze the situation with infectious diseases among migrants, we selected materials containing information and statistics on infectious diseases in the countries of the Greater Mekong subregion (China, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, also included in the group countries of the Greater Mekong subregion), since it is in these countries that migration flows are very intense and the problem of transmission of infectious diseases from migrants to the population of the host countries is very urgent. Despite the lack of available statistical information on the level of infectious morbidity among migrants in the countries of the WHO regions of South-East Asia and the Western Pacific, as well as different migration and social policies in these countries, the results obtained allow us to conclude that the special programs and measures to reduce morbidity among migrants are yielding positive results. Screening and testing for infectious diseases in migrants, as well as an appropriate social policy in terms of providing universal health insurance for refugees and migrants, would make it possible to timely diagnose infectious diseases in migrants and thus contribute to a decrease in their incidence and, accordingly, the incidence of persistent diseases. the population of the host countries.

Prehistoric Foragers and Farmers in South-east Asia: Renewed Investigations at Niah Cave, Sarawak

2002 ◽  
Vol 68 ◽  
pp. 147-164 ◽  
Author(s):  
Graeme Barker ◽  
Huw Barton ◽  
Paul Beavitt ◽  
Michael Bird ◽  
Patrick Daly ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
East Asia ◽  
Tropical Rainforests ◽  
South East Asia ◽  
The Past ◽  
Continuous Sequence ◽  
Initial Settlement ◽  
Niah Cave ◽  
Anatomically Modern Humans ◽  
Cave Use ◽  
Initial Results

The paper describes the initial results from renewed investigations at Niah Cave in Sarawak on the island of Borneo, famous for the discovery in 1958 of the c. 40,000–year old ‘Deep Skull’. The archaeological sequences from the West Mouth and the other entrances of the cave complex investigated by Tom and Barbara Harrisson and other researchers have potential implications for three major debates regarding the prehistory of south-east Asia: the timing of initial settlement by anatomically modern humans; the means by which they subsisted in the late Pleistocene and early Holocene; and the timing, nature, and causation of the transition from foraging to farming. The new project is informing on all three debates. The critical importance of the Niah stratigraphies was commonly identified – including by Tom Harrisson himself – as because the site provided a continuous sequence of occupation over the past 40,000 years. The present project indicates that Niah was first used at least 45,000 years ago, and probably earlier; that the subsequent Pleistocene and Holocene occupations were highly variable in intensity and character; and that in some periods, perhaps of significant duration, the caves may have been more or less abandoned. The cultural sequence that is emerging from the new investigations may be more typical of cave use in tropical rainforests in south-east Asia than the Harrisson model.

Clinical features and management of Plasmodium knowlesi infections in humans

Parasitology ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 145 (1) ◽  
pp. 18-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
CYRUS DANESHVAR ◽  
TIMOTHY WILLIAM ◽  
TIMOTHY M. E. DAVIS
Keyword(s):  
East Asia ◽  
Plasmodium Knowlesi ◽  
Human Populations ◽  
South East Asia ◽  
Fatal Disease ◽  
Comprehensive Description ◽  
Simian Malaria ◽  
Naturally Occurring ◽  
Human Infections ◽  
Malaysian Borneo

SUMMARYPlasmodium knowlesi is a simian malaria of primarily the macaque species of South East Asia. While it was known that human infections could be induced during the years of malariotherapy, naturally occurring P. knowlesi human infections were thought to be rare. However, in 2004, knowlesi infections became recognized as an important infection amongst human populations in Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo. Since then, it has become recognized as a disease affecting people living and visiting endemic areas across South East Asia. Over the last 12 years, clinical studies have improved our understanding of this potentially fatal disease. In this review article the current literature is reviewed to give a comprehensive description of the disease and treatment.

scholarly journals Plasmodium knowlesi: an update

2016 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Balbir Singh
Keyword(s):  
East Asia ◽  
Clinical Features ◽  
Malaria Parasite ◽  
Plasmodium Knowlesi ◽  
Epidemiological Data ◽  
Detection Methods ◽  
South East Asia ◽  
Human Infections ◽  
Malaysian Borneo

There were only four species of Plasmodium that were thought to cause malaria in humans until a large number of human infections by Plasmodium knowlesi, a malaria parasite typically found in long-tailed and pig-tailed macaques, were reported in 2004 in Malaysian Borneo. Since then, cases of knowlesi malaria have been reported throughout South-east Asia and also in travellers returning from the region. This article describes the molecular, entomological and epidemiological data which indicate that P. knowlesi is an ancient parasite that is primarily zoonotic, and there are three highly divergent sub-populations. It also describes the detection methods for P. knowlesi, which is morphologicaly similar to P. malariae, and the clinical features and treatment of this malaria parasite that is potentially fatal.

scholarly journals Avian influenza: current situation in South East Asia and impact on Europe

2005 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
C S Brown ◽  
W J Paget ◽  
A Meijer
Keyword(s):  
Influenza Virus ◽  
Avian Influenza ◽  
East Asia ◽  
Avian Influenza Virus ◽  
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza ◽  
South East Asia ◽  
Highly Pathogenic ◽  
Pathogenic Avian Influenza ◽  
Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus ◽  
Human Infections

Poultry outbreaks and human cases of infection with highly pathogenic avian influenza virus A(H5N1) continue to be documented in Asia, with several new human infections being reported since December 2004, following a period of 2 months when no cases were reported.

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