Incidence of Human Leptospirosis among Scrub Typhus and Chikungunya Negative Children in West Bengal, India, 2022
Rajendra Prasad Chatterjee1, Subhendu Sikdar1, Shilpa Chatterjee2, Manjusa Chowdhury1, Biswajit Das3 and Reena Ray Ghosh1*
1Virus Research & Diagnostic Laboratory, Department of Microbiology, R. G. Kar Medical College & Hospital, Kolkata, India.
2Department of Biomedical Science, Chosun University College of Medicine, Gwangju, South Korea.
3Department of Microbiology, University of Kalyani, Nadia, West Bengal, India.
*Corresponding Author: Prof. Dr. Reena Ray Ghosh, Department of Microbiology, R. G. Kar Medical College & Hospital, 1 K. B. Sarani, Kolkata, India-700004.Telephone: +9133-25304557
Received: August 12, 2022 Published: August 26, 2022
Abstract
Leptospirosis caused by the bacterium Leptospira, has been classified by the World Health Organisation (WHO) as a neglected tropical disease with worldwide significance. Leptospirosis in endemic places affects adults more frequently and severely than it affects children. There is a lack of data specifically focusing on children, and it is yet unknown why this discrepancy exists. As the majority of human leptospiral infections are mild or asymptomatic in endemic areas, goal of our study was to describe the prevalence of the Leptospira disease spectrum and the variations in clinical manifestations among patients admitted for febrile illness in a tertiary care facility.
Keywords: Chikungunya, Children, Human Leptospirosis, India, Kolkata, Scrub Typhus
Citation: Chatterjee RP, Sikdar S, Chatterjee S, Chowdhury M, Das B, Ghosh RR. “Incidence of Human Leptospirosis among Scrub Typhus and Chikungunya Negative Children in West Bengal, India, 2022”. SVOA Paediatrics 2022, 1:4, 101-105.