The Sikhim Himalayas

How the Himalayas primed the Indonesian tsunami.

Scrub Typhus in Himalayas

Himachal Pradesh state of India is situated in the outer Himalayan ranges. During the rainy season, several cases of acute febrile illness of unknown origin occurred. Orientia tsutsugamushi was identified as the causative agent by microimmunofluorescence and PCR. Two new genotypes of O. tsutsugamushi were identified in the region.

On-site Management of Frostbite in the Himalayas

Introduction: Frostbite is a common debilitating condition seen in travelers and residents at high altitudes. Emergent on-site management is warranted in the absence of institutionalized care and compromised evacuation facilities. This prospective, observational study assessed the outcome of on-site emergent management in low-resource, high altitude healthcare setups in the fie...

Relapsing Fever (Sunjar) in the Kumaon Himalayas

As I recently had an opportunity of investigating an outbreak of relapsing fever some 60 miles from the Muktesar Laboratory in the Kumaon Hills which had been reported as an outbreak of "sunjar," which is thought by some to be a mild form of plague, a brief record of the facts observed may be worthy of being placed on record. The disease was greatty on the decline at the time of my visit, which...

Winter Storms in the Central Himalayas

Based on observations from a hydrometeorological network on the eastern slopes of the Annapurna Range, nearly all the annual precipitation at low elevations (< 2000 m MSL) in Nepal is in liquid form, even during the winter. However, high elevations (> 3000 m MSL) can receive up to 40% of their annual precipitation as snowfall during the winter, with the highest altitude stations (@4000 m MSL an...