We investigated chikungunya outbreaks in South India and observed a high attack rate, particularly among adults and women. Transmission was facilitated by Aedes aegypti mosquitoes in peridomestic water containers, as indicated by a high Breteau index. We recommended vector control measures and health education to promote safe water storage practices.

Few cases of hydatid disease have been reported in India. The general impression is that the disease is rare. It is only occasionally that cases appear in the hospitals in large towns, and even these very often are not clearly brought out in hospital reports. The provincial annual reports in India show no separate heading for hydatid disease, and in hospital reports they are included under tumo...

Cation exchange-high performance liquid chromatography (CE-HPLC) is increasingly being used as a first line of investigation for hemoglobinopathies and thalassemias. Together with a complete blood count, the CE-HPLC is effective in categorizing hemoglobinopathies as traits, homozygous disorders and compound heterozygous disorders. We carried out a one year study in Apollo Hospitals, Chennai (Ta...

Y. Kosuga, P. H. Diamond, and Ö. D. Gürcan Department of Physics and Center for Astrophysics and Space Sciences, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA WCI Center for Fusion Theory, National Fusion Research Institute, Gwahangno 113, Yusung-gu, Daejeon 305-333, Republic of Korea Laboratoire de Physique des Plasmas, Ecole Polytechnique, CNRS, 91128 Palaiseau Cedex,...

P.W. Xi, X. Q. Xu, and P. H. Diamond FSC and State Key Lab of Nuclear Physics and Technology, Department of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, People’s Republic of China Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA WCI Center for Fusion Theory, National Fusion Research Institute, Daejon 100871, Republic of Korea CASS and Department of Physics, University of ...

K. Miki, P. H. Diamond, € O. D. G€ urcan, G. R. Tynan, T. Estrada, L. Schmitz, and G. S. Xu WCI Center for Fusion Theory, National Fusion Research Institute, Daejeon 305-333, South Korea Center for Momentum Transport and Flow Organization, University of California, San Diego, California 92093, USA Center for Astrophysics and Space Science, University of California, San Diego, California 92093, ...

This paper provides a star comparison of manufacturing productivity levels in China, India, Indonesia, South Korea and Taiwan with the US as the reference country for the period 1963-1993. South Korea and Taiwan showed prolonged catch up in labour productivity with the US, whereas the other countries had long periods of relative stagnation. This is reflected in relative performance of seven det...

In order to determine the prevalence rate of Near-Death Experiences (NDEs) in south India, the author systematically surveyed four villages with a total population of 6430 persons. Eighteen persons were reported to have died (or nearly died) and revived. Thirteen (72%) of them reported having had NDEs which is about 2 cases per thousand of the population surveyed. Eleven features of the south I...

a World Health Organization, Regional Office for South-East Asia, New Delhi, India. b Department of Sustainable Development and Healthy Environments, World Health Organization, Regional Office for South-East Asia, New Delhi, India. Correspondence to Jai P Narain (email: [email protected]) The South-East Asia (SEA) Region of the World Health Organization (WHO), home to 26% of the world popul...