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Special issue: Vector-borne diseases in the South-East Asia Region

Contents

Foreword ........................................................................................................................................ 1EditorialVector-borne diseases in South-East Asia: burdens and key challenges to be addressedRajesh Bhatia, Leonard Ortega, A P Dash, Ahmed Jamsheed Mohamed............................................................... 2PerspectiveExpediency of dengue illness classification: the Sri Lankan perspectiveHasitha Tissera, Jayantha Weeraman, Ananda Amarasinghe, Ananda Wijewickrama, Paba Palihawadana,LakKumar Fernando............................................................................................................................. 5ReviewsHighly infectious tick-borne viral diseases: Kyasanur forestdisease and Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever in IndiaDevendra T. Mourya, Pragya D Yadav, Deepak Y Patil..................................................................................... 8Current status of dengue and chikungunya in IndiaDayaraj Cecilia..................................................................................................................................22Original researchVector-borne diseases in central India, with referenceto malaria, filaria, dengue and chikungunyaNeeru Singh, Manmohan Shukla, Gyan Chand, Pradip V Barde, Mrigendra P Singh..................................................28Co-circulation of dengue virus serotypes with chikungunyavirus in Madhya Pradesh, central IndiaPradip V Barde, Mohan K Shukla, Praveen K Bharti, Bhupesh K Kori, Jayant K Jatav, Neeru Singh..............................36Barriers to malaria control in rural south-west Timor-Leste: a qualitative analysisPenny E Neave, Maria L Soares...............................................................................................................41Dengue fever in a rural area of West Bengal, India, 2012: an outbreak investigationDilip K Biswas, Rama Bhunia, Mausumi Basu...............................................................................................46Dengue vectors in urban and suburban Assam, India: entomological observationsV Dev, K Khound, GG Tewari..................................................................................................................51An evaluation of the surveillance system for dengue virus infections in MaldivesAishath Aroona Abdulla, Fathimath Rasheeda, Ibrahim Nishan Ahmed, Maimoona Aboobakur...................................60Research briefsAtypical presentation of visceral leishmaniasis (‎kala-azar)‎ from non-endemic areaYatendra Singh, Paramjeet Singh, Subhash Chandra Joshi, Mohammad Khalil.......................................................69Profile of dengue infection inJamnagar city and district, west IndiaKrunal D Mehta, Prakash S Gelotar, Swati C Vachhani, Naresh Makwana, Mala Sinha..............................................72Policy and practiceMass primaquine preventive treatment for control of Plasmodium vivax malariain the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea: a country success storyShushil Dev Pant, Kim Yun Chol, Yonas Tegegn, Partha Pratim Mandal, Ri Kwang Chol............................................75Monitoring the durability of long-lasting insecticidal nets in field conditions in NepalJ Hii, GD Thakur, BR Marasini, YR Pokhrel, MP Upadhyay, KR Rijal, NR Adhikar, SK Pant, L Ortega, N Singh, P Ghimire.....81Malaria elimination in Sri Lanka: what it would take to reach the goalRisintha Premaratne, Leonard Ortega, Navaratnasingam Janakan, Kamini N Mendis..............................................85Containing artemisinin resistance of Plasmodium falciparum inMyanmar: achievements, challenges and the way forwardThar Tun Kyaw, Thaung Hlaing, Krongthong Thimasarn, Khin Mon Mon, Gawrie N. L. Galappaththy, Valaikanya Plasai,Leonard Ortega.................................................................................................................................90Economic burden of malaria in India: the need for effective spendingsIndrani Gupta, Samik Chowdhury............................................................................................................95Towards universal health coverage: an example of malaria intervention in NepalShiva Raj Adhikari............................................................................................................................ 103Report from the fieldThe National Academy of Vectors and Vector Borne Diseases in India: two decadesof progressNeena Valecha and M.R. Ranjit............................................................................................................ 113Public health classicOn some peculiar pigmented cells found in two mosquitos fed on malarial bloodRonald Ross.................................................................................................................................... 117Recent WHO PublicationsAide-mémoires – Dengue, Kala-azar, Lymphatic filariasis, Malaria............................................ 121Bibliography on Vector-borne Diseases from the South-East Asia Region,2009–2013....................................................................................................................................................................... 121Dengue Bulletin, Volume 37, 2013.................................................................................................................. 122

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2224-3151

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English