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Case Series and Case Reports

Death due to chikungunya

Bhaswati Bandyopadhyay DCH MD   ^*    Debasish Bandyopadhyay DCH MD      Rana Bhattacharya MBBS MD      Rajyasree De MSc   ^*   Bibhuti Saha MBBS MD   ^*   H Mukherjee MD PhD   ^*   A K Hati MBBS PhD   

^* School of Tropical Medicine, Chittaranjan Avenue, Kolkata 700073; B R Singh Hospital and Centre for Medical Education and Research, Kolkata; Gautam Laboratories, 9A, K K Tagore Street, Kolkata 700007, India

Correspondence to: Dr Bhaswati Bandyopadhyay, School of Tropical Medicine, Chittaranjan Avenue, Kolkata 700073, India Email: drbhaswati{at}yahoo.com

After its first appearance in Kolkata (Calcutta) during 1963–1965, chikungunya occurred in epidemic form in India in 17 states and union territories. There were 13,90,322 cases suspected to be suffering from chikungunya in 2006, 59,535 in 2007 and 11,222 in 2008; in 2006, 2007 and 2008 there were 15,961, 7,837 and 262 samples, respectively, sent to the National Institute of Virology, Pune, and the National Institute of Communicable Disease, Delhi, for serological diagnosis. Of these, 2001, 1826 and 44, respectively, were confirmed as chikungunya. There were no deaths (data from the National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme, Government of India).

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