Chikungunya Outbreak in Nagpur: A Prospective Study during July 2024

Aim: Chikungunya is a mosquito borne disease caused by chikungunya virus, a re-emerging epidemic disease, this study shows the outbreak of chikungunya in Nagpur in India and the utility of RT-PCR for the diagnosis of CHIKV. Materials and Methods: A Prospective study conducted at Mani Microbiological Laboratory Pvt Ltd., Dhantoli, Nagpur. In this study, patients in the age of 1 year old to 67 years old had the symptoms of chikungunya were admitted to hospital in July 2024. EDTA Blood samples were collected and diagnosed with HRM-A RT-PCT (High resolution melt-curve analysis, Real time polymerase chain reaction) technology. The data were analyzed and portrayed in this study. Results: A total of 91 samples screened for Chikungunya out of 91 cases 58 (63.73%) of cases were diagnosed positive for Chikungunya by RT-PCR, out of which 37.93% of individuals were adults above the age of 40. Huge positives were tested in the 4th week of July 2024 had 40 positives. And almost all had the symptom of fever, head ache and body pain. Conclusion: An alarming rate of increasing CHIKV in world-wide distribution, it can lead to spread over the new region and cause CHIKF and febrile illness. Every individual need to know the cause of mosquito borne diseases, by draining and washing the containers, tanks; prevent the stagnant water; growing fishes in well, ponds may eat the larvae of mosquito. Knowledge about the dry day has to be practiced in growing population. In this article, we present the outbreak of Chikungunya infection in Nagpur, July 2024, India.