Demographic and laboratory variables and their effect on mortality in influenza A (H1N1)pdm09 outbreak in 2015 in Rajasthan, India

Infections in the tropics- is the bane of yesteryears waning?

“…In the last two decades, newly detected microbes of public health importance, first identified in Asia, include Nipah virus (1999), SARS corona virus (2002) caused severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), Influenza A-H5N1 caused Avian influenza (2003), Influenza A (H1N1) caused Swine flu (2009) and a novel coronavirus in 2012 caused severe respiratory infection. This issue carries two articles, one on clinical profile of respiratory viral infections in a set-up from South India which suggests that rhinoviruses, influenza viruses and respiratory syncytial viruses were the common agents [4] while the other article describes the influenza A (H1N1) virus outbreak of 2015 in Rajasthan, India [5]. The present issue also carries a study reporting the new fungal strains causing fungaemia isolated in a tertiary set-up in India [6].…”