Talaromyces (Penicillium) marneffei infection

2020 ◽  
pp. 1375-1378
Author(s):  
Romanee Chaiwarith ◽  
Khuanchai Supparatpinyo ◽  
Thira Sirisanthana
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Southeast Asia ◽  
Opportunistic Infections ◽  
Southern China ◽  
Skin Lesions ◽  
Penicillium Marneffei ◽  
Infected People ◽  
North East India ◽  
North East ◽  
North Eastern

Talaromyces (formerly Penicillium) marneffei was first isolated from bamboo rats Rhizomys sinensis in Vietnam in 1956. The fungus is endemic in Southeast Asia, north-east India, south China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. Fewer than 40 cases of infection with T. marneffei were reported before the HIV epidemic. Since then, the incidence of disseminated T. marneffei infection has increased markedly. Talaromyces marneffei infection is very rare in the immunocompetent but one of the most common opportunistic infections in HIV-infected people in Southeast Asia, north-eastern India, southern China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. Presentation is usually with fever, chills, lymphadenopathy, hepatomegaly, and splenomegaly, with skin lesions—most commonly papules with central necrotic umbilication—in two-thirds of cases. Diagnosis is made by microscopy of bone marrow aspirate or biopsy specimens. Standard treatment, which is usually effective, is with amphotericin B followed by itraconazole.

scholarly journals MEDICINALLY IMPORTANT PLANT CLEOME GYNANDRA: A PHYTOCHEMICAL AND PHARMACOLOGICAL EXPLANATION

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 21
Author(s):  
Partha Pradip Adhikari ◽  
Satya Bhusan Paul
Keyword(s):  
Radical Scavenging ◽  
Eastern Region ◽  
Plant Metabolites ◽  
Traditional Use ◽  
Secondary Plant Metabolites ◽  
North East India ◽  
North East ◽  
Cleome Gynandra ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
Different Parts

  Cleome genus includes 601 plant species from the family Cleomaceae. Of more than 600 plants, 206 (34.3%) plants are having accepted species names. Cleome gynandra Linn. is a well-known medicinal plant with traditional and pharmacological importance. A good number of secondary plant metabolites have also been isolated from different parts of C. gynandra. Our investigation confirms two mutant varieties of C. gynandra exists in India. Accordingly, the objective of this study was designed to critically evaluate the pharmacological and phytochemical evaluation of C. gynandra of two mutant variety, to provide a consolidated platform for research potential of both the mutant varieties of C. gynandra. Careful scrutiny reveals that the plant possesses a huge range pharmacological applications, such as anti-inflammatory, free radical scavenging, anticancerous, immunomodulator, and antidiabetic agents. To arrive its pharmacological importance the published papers also shown an enormous amount of phytochemicals endorsement. Scientific perusal reveals different parts of the plant has an immense medicinal importance which proofs its traditional use round the glove. But in North-Eastern region of India, the same plant abundantly found in pink mutant variety. To date, there is not much research investigation for this mutant variety to validate its pharmacological importance. Therefore, research needs to scrutinize and compare the medicinal claims of the pink mutant variety in the bio-diverse region of North-East India.

Value Addition to Artocarpus chama Buch. Fruit for Economic Empowerment of the Rural Community Residing in North East India

2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 141-145
Author(s):  
Nibedita Dutta ◽  
P. Saikia ◽  
S. Biswas ◽  
Hrishikesh Sarmah
Keyword(s):  
Rural Communities ◽  
Antioxidant Properties ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Export Demand ◽  
Value Addition ◽  
North East India ◽  
North East ◽  
Medicinal Value ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
Value Added Products

Artocarpus chama Buch. Syn. A. chaplasha Linn.( Moraceae), an indigenous fruit of North Eastern (NE) region of India. Samkathal pulp is eaten afresh and possesses high nutritional value. It has also has been reported to contain antioxidant properties. The seeds are also rich source of carbohydrates and proteins and average source of fibre. In spite of these fruits provide enormous health benefits, it is under utilized in our country due to its seasonal availability and very short shelf life. Therefore, it is necessary to preserve and prepare fruit products for better utilization of the fruits by overcoming the problem of wastage. In the present study this fruit was processed to produce many value added products and to train rural communities on value addition. These products have good consumer demand because of its nutritional and medicinal value. It has more demand for development of diversified value added products from the fruits. It provides the employment opportunity for rural mass, increases export demand of value added products and helps in increase the economy of the country.

scholarly journals Tuberculosis in North-East India: patient profile and treatment outcome of patient attending RNTCP

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (7) ◽  
pp. 2856
Author(s):  
T. Kayia Priscilla Kayina ◽  
M. Shyami Tarao ◽  
Polly Nula
Keyword(s):  
Treatment Outcome ◽  
Effective Prevention ◽  
Pulmonary Tb ◽  
North East India ◽  
Patient Profile ◽  
North East ◽  
The North ◽  
Number Of Patients ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
Extra Pulmonary

Background: Tuberculosis is a disease of global concern. India with its high burden of Tuberculosis, HIV and HIV-TB co-infection, this disease continue to have tremendous impact on its denizens especially the north-eastern states of the country because of its problem of HIV. It is imperative to understand every aspects of the disease for effective prevention and control.Methods: A retrospective record study of tuberculosis units was conducted.Results: The proportion of males was more as compared to females, with more cases seen with increasing age. Pulmonary TB was seen more among males, whereas extra-pulmonary TB was seen more among females. Favorable treatment outcome was seen in 84.7% of the population. HIV-TB Co-infection was seen 6.5% of the patients, with 46.3% having extra-pulmonary TB. Favorable treatment outcome was seen among them too.Conclusions: More common in males, showing increasing number of patients in older age group with favourable outcomes on treatment in all categories including HIV-TB co-infection patients.

scholarly journals An econometric approach between human development and poverty in North Eastern Region of India

2011 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 26-37
Author(s):  
Rudra P. Pradhan
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Human Development ◽  
Emerging Economies ◽  
Regional Variation ◽  
Eastern Region ◽  
North East India ◽  
North East ◽  
The North ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
Econometric Approach

An understanding the linkage between human development and poverty in general and economic development in particular is very imperative in emerging economies in the globe. The objective of this paper is to study the regional variation and causality between human development and poverty in the north-east India. The major finding of this paper is that there exists significant regional variation between human development and poverty in the north eastern states of India. While human development is substantially high in Mizoram and Manipur, it is low in other states. On the contrary, poverty is very low in Mizoram and Manipur, while it is considerably high in other states. The estimated results confirmed that human development (and its individual indicators) has a significant role to alleviate poverty in the north east India.

scholarly journals Indo-ASEAN Economic Ties: A Study of North-East India

2009 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 239-249
Author(s):  
Komol Singha ◽  
Gautam Patikar
Keyword(s):  
Growth Performance ◽  
Economic Integration ◽  
World Economy ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Eastern Region ◽  
North East India ◽  
North East ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
The World ◽  
Economic Ties

With the emergence of globalization, the need for economic integration has been realized by the international communities and lately by the Less Developed Countries (LDCs). Most of the countries both developed and less developed, have reoriented their development strategies to improve their growth performance by integrating their economies with the world economy. In this process, India has experienced some significant changes and the country is identified as one of the fastest growing economies in the world. In this direction, India’s Look East Policy is worth mentioning. Under this policy, India seeks economic cooperation with the ASEAN  and its neighbouring countries through North-Eastern Region (NER) of the country

scholarly journals Ethno Medicinal Plants used for Aphrodisiac Activity in North-East, India

2021 ◽  
pp. 314-322
Author(s):  
Md Rejwan Ahmed Choudhury ◽  
Mrinmoy Basak
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Region ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Ethnic Communities ◽  
North East India ◽  
North East ◽  
The People ◽  
Medicinal Value ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
Wide Availability ◽  
The Common

North Eastern Region of India is the home for a wide variety of plants with high medicinal value. The wide availability of the plant with high medicinal value has provided the ease of their use for generations among the various ethnic communities of the region to treat various kinds of health issues. This paper presents an extensive review of the various plants that were pointed out in various ethno botanical surveys that are being used by the people of North Eastern India with aphrodisiac activity. The common name along with the biological names and the part used and other details have been reported in the paper with an intention of making it easier for researchers to develop newer herbal aphrodisiac formulations.

Alphaea alfreda, a new species from China and Myanmar (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4623 (2) ◽  
pp. 396-400
Author(s):  
ANTON V. VOLYNKIN ◽  
AIDAS SALDAITIS
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Yunnan Province ◽  
Southern China ◽  
Valid Species ◽  
Wing Pattern ◽  
North East India ◽  
North East ◽  
The North ◽  
North Western ◽  
A New Species

The arctiine genus Alphaea Walker, 1855 is distributed in North and North East India, Nepal, southern China and northern Indochina. The genus was recently reviewed by Dubatolov & Kishida (2005). It is subdivided into three subgenera, Alphaea, Flavalphaea Dubatolov & Kishida, 2005 and Nayaca Moore, 1979 and includes 10 valid species. During a lepidopterological expedition to the north-western part of China’s Yunnan Province in May of 2018, an undetermined species of Alphaea was collected. The Chinese specimens have the wing pattern very similar to that of A. (Flavalphaea) khasiana (Rothschild, 1910), but red and black abdomen (that is orange and black in A. khasiana). 

Coinage and Economy of Premodern North-East India

2017 ◽  
Vol 44 (2) ◽  
pp. 212-224
Author(s):  
Debajit Dutta
Keyword(s):  
Indian History ◽  
North East India ◽  
North East ◽  
The North ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
Comprehensive Manner ◽  
North Eastern Part

The study of coinage and economy of any area has its own appeal. As they are not much affected by outline influence, so they often proceed along their own lines and thus can have significance for people trying to determine the general patterns of development. In precolonial phase of Indian history, the Ahom kingdom situated in the North-Eastern part demands special attention as it had its own glorious series of coinage. As a royal issue, the coins of Ahom kingdom were the emblems of royalty and symbolic majesty of the Ahom kings. The metals, the motifs as well as other accompanying details on the coins depict the details of faiths and customs adopted by the Ahom kingdom. In this write up, we will discuss the origin, growth, importance in contemporary economy and many other aspects of the Ahom coinage in a comprehensive manner.

Mahatma Gandhi and North East India

2019 ◽  
Vol 68 (2) ◽  
pp. 151-157
Author(s):  
David R. Syiemlieh
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Anthropology ◽  
Physical Anthropology ◽  
Regional Level ◽  
Indigenous Populations ◽  
North East India ◽  
North East ◽  
The North ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
To Come ◽  
Eastern Regional

It is of concern to many in the North East that despite the tremendous influence Gandhi had on the region, there is as yet no detailed study of this involvement. It is appropriate that the North-Eastern Regional Centre, Anthropological Survey of India, is commemorating the life and work of the Mahatma. To an organization engaged in anthropological studies working primarily in the fields of physical anthropology and cultural anthropology and maintaining focus on indigenous populations, the study of the Mahatma is relevant, in his own time and remains so today. So significant has been his impact on humankind that for generations to come this man of peace and unique leadership will be remembered and emulated. The presentation will focus on the Indian national movement and Gandhi’s involvement and influence at the regional level in North East India.

A Review of Institutional and Developmental Issues in North-East India

2020 ◽  
Vol 66 (2) ◽  
pp. 206-218
Author(s):  
Nicodim Basumatary ◽  
Bhagirathi Panda
Keyword(s):  
Rule Of Law ◽  
Institutional Factors ◽  
Eastern Region ◽  
Political Issues ◽  
Developmental Issues ◽  
North East India ◽  
North East ◽  
The North ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
North Eastern

Developmental issues of the North-Eastern States of India cannot be studied inisolation without accounting for the varied politico-socio-economic and institutional factors. This study covers a wide range of the socio-political issues and developmental gaps in the North-Eastern Region (NER) of India. It presents a broader picture and gives an understanding of the issues of governance and development prevailing in this region. Many issues pertain to paucity of developmental outcomes, ethnicity, demand for statehood, insurgency, absence of rule of law, corruption and so on, suggesting state’s ineffectiveness and people’s incompetence to take development to the front stage. An effort has also been made to trace the literature that deals with these issues.

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