Publications by authors named "Jyothi Rajahamsan"
Background: To achieve the goals of the end tuberculosis (TB) strategy, strategies for management of TB infection (TBI) have to be expanded. The first step to devise policies is to understand the distribution and determinants of TBI in the community. The objectives of the study were to estimate the prevalence of TBI using Interferon Gamma Release Assay (IGRA) and its determinants among the adult population of Thiruvananthapuram district, Kerala.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: There were limited data on the true burden of COVID 19 infection in children since the majority of the infections are asymptomatic or paucisymptomatic. This study aimed to measure the prevalence of SARS CoV2 antibodies in children of the 5-to-18 years age group.
Methods: A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted in the field practice area attached to a tertiary care hospital in Kerala.
Article Synopsis
- A network was created in India to monitor bacterial meningitis in kids and see how many cases could be prevented by vaccines, with data collected from March 2012 to September 2016 in eleven hospitals.
- Out of nearly 13,000 suspected cases, only about 586 were confirmed as bacterial meningitis, mainly caused by a bacteria called S. pneumoniae, especially in young children.
- The study showed that many of the bacteria were becoming resistant to common antibiotics, making it important to spread the pneumococcal vaccine (PCV) throughout India to help lower these tough infections in kids.
Background: The primary objectives of the study were to determine the incidence of dengue and outcomes associated with dengue among pregnant women.
Methods: A prospective cohort study was done among 1579 antenatal women in an endemic region in India. Dengue immunoglobulin G (IgG) was tested in 490 women at baseline.